Introduction to the Science of Sociology

by Robert Ezra Park; E. W. Burgess

34. What are the different elements or forces in the interaction of races making for race conflict and race consciousness?

35. Is a heightening of race consciousness of value or of disadvantage to a racial group?

36. How do you explain the present tendency of the Negro to substitute the copying of colored models for the imitation of white models?

37. "In the South, the races seem to be tending in the direction of a bi-racial organization of society, in which the Negro is gradually gaining a limited autonomy." Interpret.

38. "All racial problems are distinctly problems of racial distribution." Explain with reference to relative proportion of Negroes, Chinese, and Japanese in certain sections of the United States.

39. Why have few or no race riots occurred in the South?

40. Under what circumstances have race riots occurred in the North?

FOOTNOTES:

[206] Adapted from William I. Thomas, "The Gaming Instinct," in the American Journal of Sociology, VI (1900-1901), 750-63.

[207] Adapted from a translation of Georg Simmel, Soziologie, by Albion W. Small, "The Sociology of Conflict," in the American Journal of Sociology, IX (1903-4), 490-501.