Instructions: You will need to include materials from lecture. Healey book, and assigned videos.  The essay needs to be no less than three pages and no more than five pages, double spaced.

In class, we discussed how race is a social construction rather than a biological characteristic. Why does race remain such as salient characteristic? Start your essay by discussing the main sociological theorists, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Patricia Hill Collins emphasizing how each of these theories address power.  What is social construction? How does the importance of the contact situation, group competition, and power relate to the experiences of African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans.  End your essay by discussing the best way for Americans to deal with this topic including in your personal lives, Gordon State College, the state of Georgia, and the United States.