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The reason I'm taking this class is to get a deeper understanding of certain groups and how they have had to adapt to different social changes. Learning them can widen my view on the these social changes. 08/25/2022

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Sociology is a study of human behavior and human life. How we interact with one another in society. 09/01/2022

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It's fascinating to see there are different types of sociology, such as Structural and Interactional or Qualitative and Quantitative. Each of one these different Sociologists study in a specific yet unique way for their set group or groups they are studying. 09/01/2022

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The Sociological imagination connecting particular individuals problems to different issues and social structures. The capitalism, consumer culture, material, micro and macro perspective on issues of beliefs and feeling on one's circumstances. 09/09/2022

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I feel there is these habits and desires by individual's consumption of goods and the effects on the global economy. 09/09/2022

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Sociological imagination is used to connect different turns of events to people within society's social issues. By becoming aware of individuals circumstances, behavioral patterns, history, and social structure. 09/10/2022

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Nacirema people focus on the health and appearance of the human body. Cultural rituals included medicine men, witch doctors, and a shrine. These cultural rituals were passed on for generations to their children. 09/10/2022

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This reading sounded very familiar to modern day doctors and medicines. Also Nacirema is just America spelled backwards with an "N" on the end. 09/10/2022

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Everyday life's sympathy flows from the person giving and the recipient. Showing one's sympathy through emotions and feelings. Sympathy in specific people and groups are not the same. A family member funeral can be a celebration of one's life or sympathy can be sad for the love one's left behind. 09/10/2022

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There are sometimes people use different kinds of sympathy for financial gain and can display a false sense to those who are having a hard time. Sympathy in my opinion, is based on situational events on when one uses the type of sympathy they choose for that scenario. 09/10/2022

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I found we use nonverbal communication in our everyday lives. Facial expressions, nods of the head, hand waving, eyebrow raising, a smile, frowning, and a light touch. There is always going to be cultures who react to these gestures differently. Backgrounds of different ethic groups are territorial of how  they handle who is in their space is much diverse. A very popular way of nonverbal is,  texting or writing to someone and not having the anxiety of being rejected. Social diversity is a source of our behavioral system and strengths in society. 09/10/2022

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The first thing I bought was, a brand new Lego Star Wars Republic Gunship set when I was about eight years old. This purchase was very exciting to me at the time to finally be able to afford and get to build the set with the money I worked hard for, by doing chores and also helping out with planting fruits and vegetables in the backyard at the time. I still enjoyed the set for about six years then, I lost interest over time and moved onto other good looking sets coming out. The social pressures would be, watching the ads on tv and also noticing other kids have this toy when I do not have it. The social location was mostly based on age and at the time the Lego set was very popular, especially for my age and was very curious to have one of those. 09/10/2022

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To myself food is very important in representing it's culture and can show many others, that everyone has their own culture and way of life to experience. The norms are what that culture has accepted and are use to, but can look strange from the inside looking in. There is a constant clash between cultures and not being able to accept another culture that can sound weird to some. 09/10/2022

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This happened when I was in high school, when a kid was being made fun of and teased because their lunch had seafood in it. The kids made fun of the smell and told him that he could not sit with any of them, because of the smell. The kid being bullied was part Japanese. I sat next to them, because I enjoyed their company and didn't care what everyone else said. 09/10/2022

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Hamburgers would have to be my totem that serves in my life. The sense of cooking this comfort food for myself and being able to cook with my family when having this food. Being able to come together to laugh, tell stories, and enjoy each others company when preparing the meal. This to me, relates to the Marxist commodity fetishism. There is a social disconnect when we go out to the local supermarket and buy the meat and ingredients. Typically we do not know the whole process behind this ground piece of meat. Just go out and buy whatever is there and cook it at home. 09/10/2022

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Advertising has become a huge way to get the audience's attention and bring their interest to focus on that certain product. Companies advertise so they can be able to grow themselves and build a social connection with the consumers. I saw an advertisement once about Mr. Clean and then was interested in the product's cleaning capabilities being shown on the ad. My mom and I went out to the stores and then purchased these products. There are many different ways to conduct your research to bring in information about your subject. Being able to develop data and see the outcome of those results from gathering. Data can be gathered with in-person, online, phone, and by mail etc. Although most people do not answer their phone unless they know who is calling. Polls for elections can be a great way to gather data and see what the demographic's opinions are on, for the particular values they are looking for in a candidate.

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A study of social behavior between the different cultures in society. Based on the analysis, research, one's background, and training in sociology. Models can create different results depending on the different social classes. The key is to gather critical information and use consistent methods to test your theory. The topic and the data results can be used to divide races and putting one against another. Political leaders are weaponizing this information against certain groups of people, for campaign votes. Also, it can be used in a constructive way to help underserved communities.

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Would you hire an Ex-Convict? Devah Pager

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Would you hire an Ex-Convict? Devah Pager

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The criminal justice system incarcerates more black young males, than white males for the same crimes. Prisons and drugs are a very lucrative/profitable business, the more people you can incarcerate, the more profits they make. How much does each inmate cost? In California, each person cost $67,00 to be house in the prison. Core Civic Inc. leases or owns 74 prisons and has over 75,000 beds within the system. Capitalism is a part of our economic and political system. This  creates employment disparities and disenfranchising in minority communities. Hiring practices and racial discrimination such as background checks are done more often on blacks than their white counterparts. Blacks with a criminal record, the employment opportunities would be very scary. This brings about a generation of inequality to a poor group. I would be willing to hire an ex-convict, if I had my own business. I believe in second chances for people. There would be a limit as to what kind of crime they have committed to be able to work for me.   9/20/22

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CoreCivic Inc, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America, is a Nashville-based company that owns, leases, and operates prisons, immigration detention centers, and residential reentry centers in the U.S. It owns or manages 74 prisons and jails in the U.S. with a total capacity of 74,957 beds, w…

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When going into the coffee shop, the space here felt very welcoming and refreshing. There are interesting artworks of people with multiple contrasting colors. People from their 20-50's were in the coffee shop and mostly talking to the one's they came in with. The vibe around the shop felt like it was catered to the lowest of 18-30 year old's. There was some strangers that noticed and talked to each other. It was my first time going there and the experience was great to have. There was no specific race when it came down to being catered too, everyone looked to keep to themselves while also being pleased to be here.

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Goffman, The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life

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Goffman, The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life

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First impression in everyday life produces different perspectives in relationships. I believe when analyzing crucial facts from the different point of views on how people interact with others in society. When misleading one's self to get different results that are favorable to him or herself. Individuals can be acting in a calculating manner, to get a particular response or outcome. For example, at work you might act one way and then after work there can be a whole different personality. When out with friends, you can go from an introvert to an extrovert. The assumption on individual's behavior can be quite deceiving.

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 Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead

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 Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead

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The stigma in handling the dead in funeral industries, have workers concealing their occupation. This type of work is eagerly left up to the professional, but it comes at a cost. The funeral career field; morticians, embalmers, and the directors experience more stigma than any other professional occupation. Different words are being used instead of "dead", for destigmatizing and comfort for loved ones in their time of loss. Words like loss, sorrow, sadness, and passing. Grief counselors and service are in your time of need. Redefining the funeral occupation stigma terms, which are associated to the handling of the dead. They have been very helpful, knowing your loved ones are in great hands. When it can be a stressful time for families with their loss. Death is inevitable in the life cycle of human beings.

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Chapter 10: Branding/The Self and Social Interaction

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Chapter 10: Branding/The Self and Social Interaction

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For myself, I have been into name brands and not trying to use or purchase non name brand items. For a good majority of people prefer to have branded shirts, shoes, pants, etc, rather than trying to wear clothes and shoes from a Walmart. Just showing that they are trying to stay with the trends and going along with other people. Noticing someone wearing a brand like Jordan for example, they see how they look on certain people and try to stay and replicate that type of look they were trying to go for. A lot can deal with the “Self” and can make you feel a certain connection between you and a certain object from a younger age. Something like a token your parents and /or grandparents gave to you to cherish. So, if you had a pair of Jordan shoes when you were younger, then they can also have an affect on what your preference is later on in life.

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I would measure learning by, finding something you have been working towards. Being able to apply to your everyday and/or out in society.

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Measuring learning for me would be, having a teaching degree and specialized in the type of course you would prefer to teach. Being able to help the students get a better understanding of that course while having knowledge of what you’re teaching.

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How did obedience to authority show up in your life?

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How did obedience to authority show up in your life?

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Obedience to authority showed up, when my aunt’s boyfriend was arrested. My aunt did not know what was going on at the time and she tried to fight the police to let him go. When she did that, they threatened her with handcuffs and then she backed away to let them do their job.

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Meyer, If Hitler asked you to electrocute a stranger, would you do it?

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Meyer, If Hitler asked you to electrocute a stranger, would you do it?

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The Milgram experiment found 30 percent of people are more obedient than others. Their willingness to obey a person in authority, even though they knew it was wrong. Participants were willing to continue with delivering electric sock to another human being. This is why Hitler was able to execute so many Jewish people. When the former President of the United States, says the election was stolen from him. His followers listened to his very words and believed him. This led to the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Words matter when it comes from a person in authority. My answer would be probably, because we are so use to having to obey authority.

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Surviving on a low wage is just not enough to survive. Working two jobs to meet everyday living expenses with inflation or without, is very challenging for the working poor. The lack of good nutrition in one’s diet and housing. A person has no other option, but to live with someone else. A friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or family. After deducting monthly living expenses, there is next to no money left when you only have a few dollars. No signs of being financially stable making the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Lasting hardships for being under paid. Just to think if you had kids to take care of, then it would become harder to live if you’re already struggling. One step from being homeless.

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McDonald’s over the counter meals is aimed to improving efficiency with a uniform product system throughout the company. Their menu is standard and routine to enforce in all McDonald’s restaurants. An opterational checklist is followed to the tee. Franchise owners and managers sent to Hamburger University. Delivering a pleasant experience for each of their customers and keeping their prices low. McDonald’s is a global fast food chain and they are also in the business of making a profit with working families, who have small children.

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Role strain occurred for me, when I was going to class one day and then out of the blue my job calls to tell me I start earlier than I usually do. There was an exam that same day, so as soon as I was done with the exam I had to leave be sure to make it to the job on time. There was overtime on the table and I was able to get there on time.

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When it comes to consumer behavior, shopping for household goods, and clothing apparel. It’s all about what is fashionable and the trends that are around at the time. What is in and what is out. The average shopper likes a good deal, wether it’s on a new car or new T.V. Companies market to consumers in different ways, their strategy is to make the shopper think they need to buy that particular item. Advertising on the internet, cell phone, T.V, store discounts, and display cases. We came from a hunter-gatherer civilization, so over time people became shoppers.

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My first pair of Air Jordan’s, when I was younger and had to wait in long lines to buy the latest shoe. The shoe would sellout so fast, some pairs that I have liked were no longer available. It was still the hottest shoe on the market at that time. Truly, membership into a group really never crossed my mind when I made my Air Jordan’s purchase.

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The Fast Food industry has shaped our everyday lives, from the local food company to a globalization business in many parts of the world. It offers a predictable standard routine product to the consumers. Their business model is used throughout the industry, also in others manufacturing companies. Low wages contribute to the class inequality, poverty, and homeless. You can’t survive off of just minimum wage and pay monthly expenses. Wealthy owners get wealthier the less pay everyone under them gets. The minimum wage should be continued to be increased over time because our economy’s need for essential workers.

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Microsoft’s corporation has been inspiring people around the globe, in their use of technology from the classroom to the corp board room. Microsoft helped communities create a more equitable justice system, small businesses, mental health, food inefficiency, and providing financial resources. Tech staff being able to use their skills in disasters around the world. They have created a work culture to, empower their mission and is every person can achieve more in life. Pat transparency happens when hiring new employees. Listening to determine the needs of their employees, their feedback to address any issues in the workplace. Then the coworkers help with the solutions as well.

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Yes! $15 wage is a great idea and the unionizing the fast food industry. The employees are at the mercy of corporate America and it comes down to the bottom line of “profits”. You might be able to unionize and make $15 dollars, but your work hours will be cut to make up for the increase in overall cost to the company. $15 wage is the first step in the inequality of pay. If you live in a high cost of living area, then it’s just a drop in the basket.

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The globalization of electronic technology in communication, has changed consumers lives and culture around the world. It does come with the consequences of good and bad.

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Wealth inequality is understated, the actual distribution of wealth have spiraled out of control. The top 1% of individuals and their families have more wealth than the entire middle class as of June 2021, a staggering 36.2 trillion net worth (Kaplan). The wealthiest families need to pay their fair share in taxes, congress needs to close the tax loopholes that are being abused. The global wide Coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Elites and the super rich like, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other wealthy billionaires have a combined wealth net gains of $1.7 dollars (Chuck Collins). The elite’s inheritance wealth and transfer, the resources to their children without paying any taxes. This undertaking serves to uphold cultural capital with their children. Millions of Americans families, middle class working poor have lost their livelihood, jobs, and homes. Congress has approved the economic stimulus package in 2022 and in 2021, to avoid an economic meltdown in the United States.
The Starbucks company market to a specific social culture, mostly in the in the middle and upper class society. The company made sure to analyze the data when opening their stores, catering to an upscale of consumers in the 90’s. The decline in Starbucks revenue sales has declined over time, when more coffee shops have entered into the coffee consumption.
Due to the consumption of coffee to the globalization around the world, Brazil, Ethiopia, and other countries have a greater wealth inequality. The workers are paid little or no money with zero benefits and poor working conditions. The coffee business has a billion dollar commodity. As consumers, we can support the fair trade policies that are more equatable for all. In my opinion we need to compensate people on the lower class of the economic spectrum by closing loopholes that benefits only the rich and powerful. This is easier said than done for this economic system. The powerful lobbyist keep the bills from ever becoming law. There is a need for implementation of a more equable tax system across the board.

Kaplan, Juliana: businessinsider.com

Collins, Chuck: Inequality.org

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Poverty is used in many different ways throughout society to keep economic classes in their place. At the hand of the political machine, affluent and the power of the rich. The ultra rich have benefited from the system of laws that protect their wealth (Reich). The wealth inequality in America is really felt towards the bottom of the food chain. The middle class and the poor 50 percent of earners only owned 2.8 percent of the total wealth (Duffin). Root causes of poverty need to be addressed by political leaders and pay inequality in America.
American poverty and around the globe is constructed to keep low class society of workers producing and serving the economy and rich individuals. The poor perform vital services in our society. Dirty work with the under paid combined with dead end jobs, are filled with the poor. Poverty gets a bad rap, with the norms to disenfranchise and stereotype a particular group of people at the expense of the elites and wealthy.
A number of occupations and professions have been created to from serving the poor. Social workers, mental health doctors, and other similar careers have blossomed because of the entity of poverty in America. Also, poverty help has helped build a status of who are not poor by class hierarchy. To maintain the difference between themselves and the poor side of society. America becoming a superpower, is based on hierarchy ideology and the working poor.
I believe that America should value all of it’s citizens With starting to respect one another and strive to eliminate poverty. By working together on solutions and changing stereotypes that relates to poverty in the United States.

Sources:

Duffin, Erin: U.S Wealth Distribution 2022
Statista.com

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The upper class in the United States has the highest social ranking due to economic wealth, of more than $1 million. Mostly consisted of white, Anglo-Saxon men in the 18 to the 19th century. A family social register is to maintain a certain life style and social class. You can be born, marry, a wealthy family, or apply for a membership. The capitalist class is the most powerful and rich in society. Upper class tends to attend the same Ivy League schools, vacations in the same places, and socializing with the people. Knowing other affluent people open doors and opportunities in life, help their family stay wealthy for many years.
In my opinion, the class system is often used to score political points by using particular underserved groups. When it comes to the reality of the American Dream, it’s actually just a dream.

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Wealth Inequality in America, Video Reaction

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Wealth Inequality in America, Video Reaction

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I believe the wealth in the United States is not what people think it is. People’s idea of the classes and wealth are out of touch with reality. The upper class such as the top 10-20% make up the most wealth in this country. This is due to the low tax rate they have to pay and also the amount of investments they have on top of that. With loopholes they also have with their taxes and not paying a higher rate, when the other lower classes have to pay the higher tax rate. The top 1% of individuals and their families have more wealth than the entire middle class as of June 2021.
I was blown away with the distribution amounts of wealth of America and how little to none the lower classes had. Especially when the top 20% was still not where the 5,000 people thought it would be. They were still just under the actual amount of distribution America has. This gave me a new outlook on how, even though you can be in the top 20% but still not have the most wealth of the country. The top 1% could have that wealth passed down to them, made themselves, and/or married into the wealth. Usually the wealth is passed down to the next in order to keep the wealth in the family.

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The sports, race, and group boundaries are connected to different social groups and economic classes. Everyone likes or plays some kind of sport, which can entertain and with also the players can enjoy their craft while making money for it. African Americans tend to have an easier time with sports, due to having more athleticism than others. The sport’s industry has tapped into knowing how to make billions of dollars from different types of categories, individuals, teams, and extreme sports. Selling tickets, logos, apparels clothing, and TV advertisements spreading the word to get more people invested in sports. The more consumers engage, massive amounts of profits are generated from group relations that are connected to sports.
In my opinion sports is another form of hierarchy, the wealthy owners using different social classes to profit from. Only a few top athletes experience top economic success in the billionaire club. African American people weren’t even allowed to play sports less than a century ago, the sports were only for white people.

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Music matters to so many groups of people and the expressions they make of one’s feelings through musical preferences. Music is associated with different classes of people ranging from classical, opera, jazz, country, soul, rock, blues, and hip-hop. The music business is a profitable industry considering how many people listen to music on a daily basis, this is a billion dollar global commodity which is consumed around the world. Songs of protecting women's rights, poverty, war, and police violence are forms of social unrest around the world. There is a struggle for racial justice against systematic racism that exist in the American society, with housing, education, employment, and political representation.
In my opinion white privilege is a direct result of racial inequality in America. There are only particular opportunities that are open to certain groups of people. Music expression such as hip-hop, brings to light the political injustices against one class of people in our country.

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Showing my Color, Clarence Page(Pg.360-368)

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Showing my Color, Clarence Page(Pg.360-368)

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The information I gathered from the reading, there are people who were to hangout with the opposite race and not know the racial disparities between them at a young age. At some point you will start to feel and notice these disparities over time. Then start to question if these are okay or not and start to have other thoughts only you have and experienced. These experiences could be good or bad and no one else most likely does not have what you’re thinking. For example, for Clarence he was just having an open mind and enjoy hanging out with the white kids. He didn’t find out the disparities until he was a teen, when a friend asked about a place and if he has gone to it. This brought up feelings of not being relatable to his white friends.
I believe this was to show us that, people even in the same racial category do not know how it feels to one person to another. It was all about breaking that initial bubble that we are in and experiencing new outlooks of the way you and other people are feeling about the situation they are in.

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What race are you?

Myself: I am African-American

Person 1: Sub-Saharan African, European, and East Asian

Person 2: I am many different nationalities

Person 3: Caucasian/human/European

Person 4: My race is Black

Person 5: White

How do you know? How do you make that decision?

Myself: I was told very young of what Nationality I am. Later as I became an adult, I took a DNA test along with my mother. My father is African American.

Person 1: Through my family’s DNA

Person 2: I had a DNA test, Sub-Saharan African 79.8%, European 17.7%, East Asian 1.2%.

Person 3: The color of my skin, family up Bringing

Person 4: My skin tone is considered to be Black.

Person 5: The color of my skin, my father could not really say what ethnicity we are other than what he called Heinz 57 which means a little bit of everything.

How did you learn what race you are? Can you tell me about some of the early messages you first received about race in general or race in particular?

Myself: When I was younger, people outside of my family were calling me Black boy, light skinned, or Mixed.

Person 1: Signs posted white only and black only water faucets; people calling you names

Person 2: People saying I was Black and my family was not able to live in certain areas of the city.

Person 3: DNA testing results

Person 4: (A) I watched black people hanging from trees in the state of Texas, on television. (B) My uncle was good enough to work and cook in their restaurants. My uncle and I only could enter through the back door and eat in the back of the restaurant. Oklahoma in 1975, I went to a family funeral and we traveled by bus with twenty family members. When we arrived in Texas, white people refused to get on the bus with us. Upon arrival in Oklahoma, exiting the bus while white people stopped their cars and stared as we got off. Oklahoma was segregated where the Whites lived on one side of town and Black people lived on the other side of the town.

Person 5: I moved into a middle class area where I was treated differently because I didn’t fall in line with the rest of the ( white) kids in the neighborhood. Up until then the neighborhood I grew up in everyone was the same .  When I moved to the new neighborhood the acted as though they were better than me and my family.

How do you decide what race other people are? Examples?

Myself: I base them off of their skin color, accents, and languages.

Person 1: I decide other peoples race by their skin tone. India’s people have a darker skin and speak a different language, dress in Sari and Kurta dependent on geography region.

Person 2: I describe other people’s race by their skin tone and other facial features.

Person 3: Ask them, cultural differences, the way they look and act

Person 4: I decide other races by their skin and language they speak. For example, Chinese people have slanted eyes and have a Chinese language.

Person 5: You can’t decide what someone else is , however I would say by someone’s features and  or language/accent can give you general idea .

How do other people decide what race you are? Examples?

Myself: Other people decide what race I am, by looking at my skin color, seeing my dad, and how tall I am.

Person 1: Other race’s describe me as being Black because of the census race categories on one’s ethnicity.

Person 2: Other races describe my skin tone of being Black.

Person 3: They describe the way I look, act, talk, cook, demeanor

Person 4: Other races, describe my race as Black and the language is primarily English.

Person 5: I would say by the color of my skin as I don’t have an accent , although my ethnicity has been misjudged often.

Race is a group of people who share characteristics and are deemed significant. Race is socially constructed because, this has to deal with the qualities one or many think of you as. Like having the same skin tone as them and wether you belong to that specific group or not. At the end of the day, this just another way to categorize a person by their physical features. When back in the day for America, if you had all White ancestors then you were White. But if you had one Black ancestor, then you were put into the category of being non-White.

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Toys/Gender, Sex and Sexuality (JCB: Chapter 7)

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Toys/Gender, Sex and Sexuality (JCB: Chapter 7)

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Gender Socialization, Gender identity, Sexism, related to race and social class are introduced to infants an young children through the parents purchasing goods. Babies are clothed in certain colors, boys in blue and girls in pink. Companies target children and their parents with weekly advertisements on cell phones, television commercials, and mailed pamphlets for designated stores. Toys have gender identity, dolls for girls emphasize feminine caring home maker, trucks for boys emphasize masculine power. Gender stereotypes exist in toys which reinforce racial inequalities in our society.

Toy stores have more white dolls on their store selves than any other races. Class hierarchy is established early in childhood by limiting access to playing with a more diverse prospective of toys and children. This is normal in America and different societies around the globe. Minority parents have little or no choice but to buy what is on the selves, so there child will not fill left out. Parents of color is starting to demand that the toys industry makes a more diverse line of dolls.

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My observation of several Toy Stores in Stockton, all girls toys are grouped in one section and all boys toys are in there own sections. Each section is geared to specific career fields in our society. Home makers, teachers, nurses, doctors, firefighters and store clerks. Toys that target one gender over another, they are placed in the store with boy toys with boys and girl toys with girls. The neutral toys are placed in a different are in the store. For example, the game section, science section, and puzzles section.

In my opinion all cultures should be represent by the toy industry because this will lead to greater racial diversity in our society and more neutral respect for one another culture.

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Tannen, But What Do You Mean? (Pg. 192-198)

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Tannen, But What Do You Mean? (Pg. 192-198)

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When it comes to communication between men and women they are light years away. Women conversations takes into other person feeling and are more respectfully. A men’s conversation always need to have the upper hand in their position, I know it all attitude.

Criticism coming from a women is more softer and general when applied. Men criticism is just the opposite very hard. Men have a hard time giving praise to one’s colleagues in response to receiving and critiquing information.

Men and women have different ways of handling work place situations verbally.

Women take conversations more seriously and some men do a lot of joking around at work, there humor is totally different from both genders.

In my opinion the way men and women communicate is difficult because their views and ideas are so far part.

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Social learning on becoming male is established in your early childhood, masculinity relates to social roles which is structured in society. A new born sexuality will circle his entire life or until one chooses to have a sex organ change. Parents introducing different clothing and toys to promote masculinity in young boys. A father shading his face and flexing is muscles in front of his young son to help him learn more about masculinity and what society expects of him becoming a young man. Puberty changes the whole game when it comes to liking and dating girls.

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Thorne & Luria, Sexuality and Gender (Pg.180-191)

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Thorne & Luria, Sexuality and Gender (Pg.180-191)

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Sexuality, gender in young adolescence boys and girls relationships with their friendships have boundaries. Social groups and society norms are experienced on a daily basis by gender in Middle School. At lunch recess, girls and boys separating themselves into gender groups only sitting with the same gender. Child play isn’t just play at this stage of adolescence, chasing, teasing, light touching all take place in some kind of game. It is a little more serious showing one’s feelings and liking someone. Girls and boys interaction with the opposite sex, is friendly non sexual, and very warm-hearted.

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Katz, The Importance of Being Beautiful 

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Katz, The Importance of Being Beautiful 

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Beauty is always based on assumption and awarded by his or her appearance never on their ability.  Social stratification of individuals and groups is a part of social hierarchies, power, status and prestige. This grouping system starts at infancy and in nursery school. Children that are not very attractive and unattractive are socially placed in different groups by their peers. Throughout life you will experience some kind social class grouping, from infancy to death.

When applying for a job one’s beauty is prejudged as being the best qualified, but they’re not the better candidate for the position. This leads to social inequalities in our society and lower class.

I believe as we learn and become more aware about beautiful and beauty in our society. How it is used to discriminate against certain groups and gender in our nation. In the future we can make some sufficient changes to humanity.

“As nations, and as people, we cannot choose the history that we inherit. But we can choose what lessons to draw from it, and use those lessons to chart our own futures” (Barack Obama, 2016)

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(H) Page 518-534 Miller, Women in the Military

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(H) Page 518-534 Miller, Women in the Military

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The Military has been always dominant by men. Women are used in support positions, nurses, supply clerk and etc. But with the women’s movement this Social change have presented many challenges in the Military, gender harassment and sexual harassment. Now the military has many more women in position of authority such as, generals and commanders. Some men resisting their women coworkers authority by foot-dragging and spreading rumors. This method is effective for undermining the women Superior work, without refuses to obey orders.

Many men believe women claiming equality, has resulted in favorable treatment and women can not fully meet the demands of being a soldier. Gender harassment is used to force women and LGBTQ gender back into traditional roles in the military. Women in the military feel that they’re under intense scrutiny at all times from their male counterparts. Resulting in lower performance ratings and overall productiveness.

Women experience sexual harassment from men making sexual comments, discrimination in promotions and sexual abuse in the military. Gender harassment is more prevalent than sexual harassment in the Military.

I believe women should be treated equally in the military. There should be no gender discrimination when it come to job performance by women. Equal pay and equal jobs for women, they should take a harder look at becoming a soldier in the military. Women do not have to register for selective service in military, while men need to.

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(JCB) Chapter 8, White Wedding/Marriage and the Family 

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(JCB) Chapter 8, White Wedding/Marriage and the Family 

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White Weddings are a multi billion dollar industry and very profitable, with the dreams of having a fantasy wedding. Weddings are an ideologic idea base on economic consumer culture. Young girls are targeted by the wedding industry with ideas of a white wedding. Example toys, Barbie dolls dressed in a white wedding dress and Ken in a tuxedo. Showings lavish weddings on the television, Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Teens and young women are target with brides magazines also, their parents saying, that one day you will have a beautiful wedding and a family.

The dream of getting married is shared by multiple cultures and different classes of people around the globe. Brides expecting to have the most lavish wedding they could afford, diamond ring, expensive wedding dress and different venues, engagement party, bridal party, wedding, wedding reception and not to forget the honeymoon. The average wedding cost is thirty thousand dollars, more than some people earn in a year. Weddings are still popular all around the globe.

Today we have the modern day family and blended families. Inter-racial, gay and lesbian families with the dreams of having a Wedding. Some families are selecting smaller intermit wedding ceremonies. Families have changed over the pass fifty years. Women work outside the home to help with the cost of living expenses. Black people are less interested in having White culture wedding ideas. Their weddings are a mixture of Black culture and some White ideas.

In my opinion the test will be, can you stay married? No matter how lavish the wedding ceremonies, are you committed to one another for a lifetime? More marriages in today’s society end in divorce.

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Coontz, The American Family (Pg. 425-431)

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Coontz, The American Family (Pg. 425-431)

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The American family is hard to judge from 100 years ago to modern day American families. The risks for children were much higher back then, compared to modern day children. I can see the lack of attention these kids are not getting, due to mothers working more and spending less time with their kids. This plays a big part from their amount of time they spend at work trying to bring in more income, and continue to keep a roof over their children. The fathers are spending less time at work, because of the two incomes put together. With women having more opportunities at workplaces, these fathers have more time spend with their kids and doing things around the house.
I believe modern day families, have become blended with interracial, gay, and lesbian. American policies when dealing with American families, are out dated. American families have more choices than 50 years ago. All American families have dreams about living the American dream of success.

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(H) Page 277-286, Eating Your Friends is the Hardest

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(H) Page 277-286, Eating Your Friends is the Hardest

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When you survive a plane crash from 12,000 feet into the mountains with winter conditions, snow and cold. No chances of being rescued and no food to survive on. Eating the dead corpses from the plane crash is essential to your survival. Society norms were changed due to the situation on conscience of the surviving people. Different circumstances brings about a change and it doesn’t come easy, anyone that wanted to eat the dead corpses, it’s ok! After eating their friend’s bodies, this was justifiable to their survival. You have an obligation to stay alive. To reestablish norms to provide order and accepting the reality. The fundamental to human life is survival.

I believe survival changes your circumstances in many different ways and the will to live.

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Zimbardo, The Pathology of Imprisonment (H) 315-321

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Zimbardo, The Pathology of Imprisonment (H) 315-321

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The imprisonment of prisoner, is an institutional tragedy. Prisoners are subject to violence within the prison system from guards and other inmates. Sexual assault, inmate culture, and gangs. Guards have the power of inflicting brutal pain to another human being, beating inmates daily without any disciplinary action from the prison authorities. Prisoners are forced to sleep on a cold concrete floor and to use the sink as toilet. These types of mistreatment can break the human spirit and make him or her a repeat offender.

I believe we need more reforms to the prison system. Providing inmates with more counseling, training programs, and jobs that pay well upon their release from prison. In reality our prison system is failing and their need for reform. Root cause: This is a Society problem caused by inequality within our Country.

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(H) Page 322-334, Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places

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(H) Page 322-334, Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places

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When has insane and sane become not sane. Let’s take a journey through the psychiatric hospital and their wards. People who violate society norms are institutionalized and place in a psychiatric ward. Doctors diagnosis there patient as having a serious psychiatric disorders. Insanity, mental illness, crazy schizophrenia and psychotic. There is not enough time to observe the amount of patients. Staff not questioning or recognizing the symptoms early enough to help come up with different strategies for care.

The misdiagnosis mental illness among the health of patients that are declared

insane, but these people are truly sane. Some people are insane convincing the staff of being normal and displaying no abnormal behavior by cooperating. Hospital staff assumed that are schizophrenic or have normal behavior without further analysis. Errors in the diagnosis leads to a life in an institution that you’re labeled insane.

In my opinion if the medical industry has known the diagnosis and are not always  reliable, this is a problem for the patients that are institutionalize. Drugs that are prescribed by the doctor can make you seem insane. We as a society have a responsibility to these patients to ensure that the diagnosis is correct.

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How has social class affected your life?

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How has social class affected your life?

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Social class has affected my life by being in the middle class, I had some friends invite me out one time to their house out on the beach. This was a first for me and was not sure how everything worked. I felt out of place and disconnected with my friend’s world. It was still a cool experience to hang out at his place, that was an expensive lifestyle that he lived. My friend made it look like this was the norm.

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Hunt, Police Accounts of Normal Force (H) Page 470-480

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Hunt, Police Accounts of Normal Force (H) Page 470-480

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Police are taught at the academy of the normal use of force. On how to control the situation and subdue the suspect. Its already know on the streets that. there’s a different kind of rules that are applied. To assert you authority when dealing with all suspect, whatever the circumstances might be. Officers using deadly force when dealing with an unarmed suspect by firing his or her gun. In pursuit of chasing down a suspect, when the officer feels obligated to beat the suspect. Always using a justification that they fear for their life. This is normal behavior among Police officers. There’s a brotherhood among the Police.

In my opinion there’s good and bad cops on the Police force. Its hard to weed out the bad cops because there’s a code of silence among cops. No snitch’s. When a bad cop is exposed on videotapes to the public, police are placed on leave with pay depending the outcome. No disciplinary action is placed in the officers record. So they’re able to move from one agency to another.

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Gracey, Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp (H) Page 446-460

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Gracey, Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp (H) Page 446-460

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Kindergarten teachers provide education to five, six year old children, life long skills and social lessons. Classrooms are setup perfectly for kids interacting at schools with their peers. Each lesson’s plan are routine and time. Kindergarten classroom schedule is very rigid and on time. The day consist of class work, math, reading, music, sharing, play, clean up and rest time.

Acceptable behavior is discussed on the the first day school. Teachers reinforcing social structure when talking to the children. Kindergartens are taught to become a part of the Social Bureaucracy. These kindergartners boot camps are our future work force.

I believe kindergarten to forth grade class sizes should be smaller. To ensure kids are absorbing the material and curriculum. This is essential for teachers to be provided smaller classes.

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Adapted from an assignment by Joyce Johnson, Weird or Crazy

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Adapted from an assignment by Joyce Johnson, Weird or Crazy

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I sometimes talk to myself when I’m alone. When I need to say something to another person. I rehearse my thoughts out loud to myself. I had the flu twice this semester, my classwork is suffering , and I work late at night. I started to talk out loud on what I needed to do to catch up on my class assignments.

In society people don’t just talk themselves out loud this is abnormal. When society norms of being normal are violated. They’re labeled as being crazy, weird or insane. I’m a young black male in my twenties going to college and taking early morning classes.

Talking to myself occasionally my behavior might appear irrational when viewed by other people. I consider it rational, when I’m studying for several class exams. No, I didn’t label myself as being weird or crazy because I’m just thinking out loud. There is no need to place labels on normal people.