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"Labels make us feel safe."
A friend of mine drew this up and it reminded me of the concept symbolic interactionism. Symbolic Interactionism is the view of social behavior that emphasizes linguistic or gestural communication and its subjective understanding, especially the role of language in the formation of the child as a social being. When we see someone, we label them and therefore treat them the way that society has taught us to treat a group of people or person(s). The drawing shows a person drinking the bottle with a label. We label ourselves and others everyday. This symbolizes how easily it is to label yourself and portray a different side of you to society just to fit in.

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Culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. This photo displays my Vietnamese and Chinese cultures coming together on Chinese New Years. It is a right of passage to hand off red envelopes for good luck into the Lunar New Year. It is a tradition, and social norm for us to give, receive, and spread prosperity to others during the Lunar New Year. The reason why this reminded me of the world culture because this is a sign used by many Chinese and Vietnamese individuals as a sign of prosperity. I feel that this is a well-known symbol and represents my heritage.

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In this photo I found on my instagram, a quote "boys don't cry" is written on his cheek. The reason this relates to stereotypes for me, is that in society we all believe that men are supposed to be masculine. There is this biased opinion that men are strong, while women are vulnerable and fragile. I feel that in society today, it is hard for men to express their emotions because they're supposed to be strong. If they cry, it makes them "gay" or "weak." They fight these stereotypes everyday.

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This photo is a photo I found on twitter from the Stephon Clark protest. I feel that some, (not all) policemen are abusing their authority. We look to these people for safety and the amount of times I've heard of police brutality on the news is sad. Not to mention the abuse of authority in our justice system. Where exactly is the justice when it comes to cases like these? In the end, someone's son, brother, uncle, etc. was murdered.

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This is a photo of Treyvon Martin. An innocent boy who was just talking on the phone with a friend, carrying an iced tea and skittles. Martin was shot by George Zimmerman, as a result of racial profiling. He found Martin suspicious for just being a black male walking around a nicer neighborhood at night. The judicial system did not hold Zimmerman accountable. There are so many injustices when it comes to blacks. In the photo you can see that they advocate that black deaths are just as important as whites.

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I chose this photo that I saw on instagram because I feel that there is a lot of discrimination to those who speak their native language in the US. Though people may speak broken English,  it shows that they make an effort to speak the US language. I feel that for those who speak two languages, it's important to keep that culture in your life. Ethnicity is the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. I feel that this photo portrays that because of the many people that get discriminated for expressing their nationality and culture.

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This photo depicts language because the words "Live, Laugh, Love" are written in Chinese and Japanese. I am able to speak Vietnamese, and learned how to write in very little Chinese. Language is what brings us together and I feel this photo shows that no matter what language, it can confer to another to bring beautiful words and people together.

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A photo of nature, but something we nurture. We nurture our pleats by giving them water, plant supplements, and sunlight. In the same way, we need to learn how to nurture ourselves in order to grow, just like this plant. To nurture is to care for, and that's why this photo reminded me to take care of myself and others.

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This tweet I saw on twitter relates to peer pressure because a lot of the times we only do things because other people are doing them. We feel pressured to fit in, or be cool. This especially attracts younger crowds when it comes to drinking or smoking. They feel pressured to do hated things even if they don't want to, because they want to fit in with the rest of their peers. Hence, peer pressure.

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I saw this on my Facebook, and it reminded me of deviance because graffiti is illegal but some do it as a hate crime and others do it as an art form. Deviance is the fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior. In this case, it is not accepted in society to tag all of our buildings. it is a way of acting out.

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There was some controversy over this photo because this woman made use of this black child as a prop. I feel this related to privilege because, it is a privilege to live in America. It is a privilege to have clean water, and the phone in her hand. We are privileged individuals that forget about the underprivileged individuals in third world countries.

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Welfare is something that people live off of because they are unable to get real jobs, and because of their given situation. I feel that it is hard to live off of welfare because it will not cover living and food expenses for a family of four. It's so hard to work when you don't have a degree.

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Gender systems are the social structures that establish the number of genders and their associated gender roles in every society. A lot of society will say that male are males and females are females. That marriage is between man and woman. I feel that no matter what, LOVE IS LOVE!

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Pay gap is a real thing. Men get payed more because they are aggressive in what they want. They are deemed smarter, stronger, and more capable. What we fail to realize is that women can do the same job, if not ten times better. We pay men more because of what society thinks of men in corporate businesses, but we don't realize that women have made it to the same place, with the same job and yet get payed less.

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Feminism is the advocacy on women's rights based on the equality of the sexes. I feel that women are not treated equally and its a shame. The girl is wearing the word no on her shirt because men think women don't have the right to say no to them in any sexual form.

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These are all of the different minimum wages in different states. I feel that California is higher because of the amount of money we pay in taxes. The other states such as Texas get paid much lower because they have little to no tax at all compared to California. While getting paid a higher amount in California, more money is taken out of our paychecks because of the amount of taxes we have to pay.

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Conformity is when people will change their ways or standards just so they can fit into society. In this photo, all of the people are thinking the same idea and this is an example of conformity. What becomes normal for society, is what most people will try to do or be because sometimes it can be really scary to stand out in society.

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This photo depicts norms because even though people follow all of society and what seems to be normal, that one person is breaking what seems to be normal to others. Having norms is defining normalities in their society. One's normal may be another person's weird. It all depends on the society you are raised under.

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Poverty is one of those things that a lot of third world countries go through. They are too poor to provide for their families. Too poor to have food, and clean water. It is a real issue that most of us in America are lucky to not be living through it. As you can see, all of the children share one ration. That is what gets their meals and that isn't even enough for a growing child.

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Socializaition is acting and mixing socially with others. This photo relates because of the two main people sharing ideas and talking to each other. Socialization can be very hard, but it is also very healthy and can open new doors for you.