The two paradigms that I have chosen for this week’s discussion are the feminist paradigm and the critical race theory paradigm. According to (Babbie, 2016) feminist paradigms not only reveal the treatment of women or the experience of oppression but often point to limitations in how other aspects of social life are examined and understood. (Babbie, 2016) Feminist paradigms reflect not only a concern for the unequal treatment of women but also an epistemological recognition that men and women perceive and understand society differently. Yet, critical race theory according to (Ortiz, 2010) is based on the following assumptions: race is a social construction, race permeates all aspects of social life, and race-based ideology is threaded throughout society. The roots of critical race theory are generally associated with the civil rights movement of the mid-1950s and race-related legislation of the 1960s (Babbie, 2016). The similarities between both the feminist and critical race theory paradigms is they both deal with the oppression, unequal treatment, and discrimination of people. The difference is the feminist paradigms focuses on the mistreatment, exclusion, and biases towards women. However, in the critical race theory the mistreatment, oppression, and discrimination are towards a race of people particularly those of African American decent. As human service professionals (HSP), we will work with diverse groups of people. Social science research helps us to become more aware and knowledgeable. The more knowledgeable we are and the more proven research we have, will help us to better serve others. Usually, there are reasons why people do the things they do or even behave in certain ways. I feel that both paradigms are useful because the studies help us to better understand the oppression and discrimination of others and that people have different experiences in life which can affect how they view society. The more we understand helps us to become better HSPs. Write a 1 to 2 page essay paper that discusses the topic below.  Your paper should be in APA format with viable sources to solidify your thoughts presented.  Your references must not be more than 5 years old and no more than one entity source and no more than one N.D source.  Wikipedia is not considered a valid source.  All references listed on the reference page must have a valid in text citation in the body of the paper.  2)Topic: Explain what changes and or evolving state of networks demonstrating an understanding of the differences between traditional and next generation networks Paradigms don’t necessarily seek to explain anything; they simply provide us with ways of looking (Babbie, p. 31). The goal is to not mistake our paradigm for reality. The two I selected are Conflict Paradigm and Symbolic Interactionism. Conflict paradigm looks at conflict amongst society as coming about due to classes having competing interests. It focuses its attention on class, poverty, and ethnic st ...

1. The two paradigms that I have chosen for this week’s discussion
are the feminist paradigm and the critical race theory paradigm.
According to (Babbie, 2016) feminist paradigms not only reveal
the treatment of women or the experience of oppression but
often point to limitations in how other aspects of social life are
examined and understood. (Babbie, 2016) Feminist paradigms
reflect not only a concern for the unequal treatment of women
but also an epistemological recognition that men and women
perceive and understand society differently. Yet, critical race
theory according to (Ortiz, 2010) is based on the following
assumptions: race is a social construction, race permeates all
aspects of social life, and race-based ideology is threaded
throughout society. The roots of critical race theory are
generally associated with the civil rights movement of the mid-
1950s and race-related legislation of the 1960s (Babbie, 2016).
The similarities between both the feminist and critical race
theory paradigms is they both deal with the oppression, unequal
treatment, and discrimination of people. The difference is the
feminist paradigms focuses on the mistreatment, exclusion, and
biases towards women. However, in the critical race theory the
mistreatment, oppression, and discrimination are towards a race
of people particularly those of African American decent.
As human service professionals (HSP), we will work with
diverse groups of people. Social science research helps us to
become more aware and knowledgeable. The more
knowledgeable we are and the more proven research we have,
will help us to better serve others. Usually, there are reasons
why people do the things they do or even behave in certain
ways. I feel that both paradigms are useful because the studies
help us to better understand the oppression and discrimination
of others and that people have different experiences in life
which can affect how they view society. The more we
understand helps us to become better HSPs.

2. Write a 1 to 2 page essay paper that discusses the topic below.
Your paper should be in APA format with viable sources to
solidify your thoughts presented. Your references must not be
more than 5 years old and no more than one entity source and
no more than one N.D source. Wikipedia is not considered a
valid source. All references listed on the reference page must
have a valid in text citation in the body of the paper.
2)Topic: Explain what changes and or evolving state of
networks demonstrating an understanding of the differences
between traditional and next generation networks
Paradigms don’t necessarily seek to explain anything; they
simply provide us with ways of looking (Babbie, p. 31). The
goal is to not mistake our paradigm for reality. The two I
selected are Conflict Paradigm and Symbolic Interactionism.
Conflict paradigm looks at conflict amongst society as coming
about due to classes having competing interests. It focuses its
attention on class, poverty, and ethnic struggles at both the
micro and macro levels (Babbie, p. 34). Symbolic
interactionism is concerned less with society-level issues and
looks at how individuals interact with one another (Babbie, p.
35). An example of this would be Charles Cooley’s theory of
the “looking-glass self” in which people study the reactions of
those around them to help determine how they see themselves.
Similarities between these two paradigms are that they can both
be used at the micro-level of study. Conflict paradigm can be
used to look at small-scale conflict, similar to symbolic
interactionism. Also, conflict paradigm and symbolic
interactionism typically group people together: one by class and
one by symbols. Differences in these two theories are that
conflict paradigm typically looks more at macro-society and
class struggle, whereas symbolic interactionism looks at micro-
society and intimate relationships. Symbolic interactionism is

3. more interested in looking at personal-level interactions rather
than Karl Marx’s society-level concerns (Babbie 2016).
As human services professionals and researchers, it is our job to
understand these paradigms as useful ways of viewing the
world. What might be a useful way of viewing a social
phenomenon for one person might not work for another. This
brings to light the differences in macrotheory vs. microtheory.
Macrotheory looks at understanding interactions among whole
societies while microtheory looks at smaller interactions
between individuals (Babbie, p. 34). For example, someone who
has spent their life’s work helping members of a small
community deal with substance abuse might be able to
understand the patterns that exist there by utilizing the symbolic
interactionism paradigm. On the other hand, a social science
researcher who has dedicated their life to studying substance
abuse among larger communities or whole societies across the
world might see those same patterns develop differently. Their
view might be more closely related to the conflict paradigm
because they’re able to see and compare various social classes.
Both, however, contribute to the overall goal of understanding
substance abuse across time and space