r/AskSocialScience

222 words What is the racist assumptions behind comments like "at least I know my dad" towards black people? 185 words What was the academic opinion on the prohibition of marijuana usage at the time it was declared? 487 words How bad of a rise in white nationalism is there really? Part of me hopes that it's simply sensationalism, but after the recent shooting in El Paso and actually running into someone who is probably a Nazi sympathizer, I dont know anymore. 354 words Did racism as a concept evolve from tribalism? 501 words Is species a social construction in the same way race and gender can be described as such? 127 words The difference in the eye of the system between Afro-American people. 131 words How does climate affect human behavior? 143 words What caused young people to form "subcultures" in high schools in the 20th century and why is this phenomenon seemingly disappearing? 281 words Evidence of single mother children being more inclined to be democratic? 187 words Why is Chinese culture less altruistic than Western cultures? 220 words Is my friend's therapist a hack? 414 words Why do some guys become "players" in high school while others are lonely and have low social confidence? Is there any relation between their dating success and the way they were raised at home? 802 words What is the most effective way to filter out 'post-truth politics'? Or, how does one deal with their own belief perseverance? 344 words How did ethnic jews go from an oppressed minority to considered essentially white (outside white supremacist circles) in just a few decades? 264 words Q: What can be done to cope with the rise of the "obsoletariat"? 196 words Does crime cause poverty or does poverty cause crime? 346 words What do you call it when an assumption that would be attributed to confirmatory bias actually turns out to be true? 327 words Why, in America, is there such and emphasis on moving far away from your home town and family? 432 words Is there any economic consensus on corporate taxes? 411 words Is there any economic consensus on corporate taxes?