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Above Picture: Insider - Associated Press/Colleen Long 

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12. Class, Race, & Gender (Black Mother & the "talk")

"Which had 2 side effects on white America: first, it allowed

us to believe that racism was over. “YAY!!! MLK!!! EQUALITY FOR ALL!!” Second, it enabled white folks to frame the ongoing struggles of the black community as a character flaw." - Laci Green (Youtuber)
"I remember the kids asking to go to the park and the laundry list of what I had to tell them: "Don't wear your hood. Don't put your hands in your pocket. If you get stopped, don't run. Put your hands up. Don't make a lot of moves. Tell them your mother works for NPR." - Kenya (NPR)

What the two quotes above are trying to get across is one, the fight for equality is not over yet for African Americans and two, Kenya's kids just like many other African American families are having to look over their shoulder's a lot more than the average American does these days.  It is all because of the segregated class, race, and gender they are associated with.

An explanation for how your answer to the quest connects to our class and what specific concept or idea or topic from the course you think it most closely represents or connects to.  Make a convincing argument in 1-2 sentences.

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10. Marriage

Even though the video clip was supposed to represent the family unit, it made me disappointed that Sesame Street added same-sex marriage into the show.  The show has always been about equality for all but there are just certain topics that the world should leave out of children's shows.  Same-sex marriage or relations is not like a relationship between a man and a woman, it is a sexual preference/belief that should be explained to children at an appropriate age.

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Above Picture: Illustrated by Think Progress (Eco Child's Play)

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7. Historical Making of Family Diversity

"This is the problem in America: the source is a view in our workplace policies that women should stay home and men should keep working. If you think the woman should stay home, why would she need paid leave? And if the men worked, why would they need paternity leave? Our workplace policies are built around that ancient, outdated thinking.” - Susanna Kim
Many Americans believe that the ways of our past, are out dated.  Not much time is being given to families that are all working to come together as a family (Video Talk: Historical Making of Family Diversity, video - time 19:06).

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Above Picture: Illustrated by Brian Stauffer

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5. The Social Construction of Health and Healthcare

"After giving birth via C-section, Williams fell short of breath. She then insisted on getting a CT scan —after she was brushed off with a painkiller suggestion from a nurse"
- Serena Williams

"Aside from the handwritten note, Landrum’s medical records don’t mention the hypertensive episode, the headaches or the swelling, and she says that was the last time the doctor or anyone from his office spoke to her. “It was like he threw me away...” - Landrum

Americans who are not of African descent often have preconceived notions of how they think African Americans are with health.  And because African Americans are associated with the ghetto or government housing, they are treated unequal in the Healthcare system.

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Above GIF: 2006 Film - "Little Miss Sunshine"

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4. Marriage & the Family

"The Myth of a stable and Harmonious family of the past" (Introduction to Marriage and the Family - Video Talk)
- Diane
In the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine", Olive Hoover is feeling not as pretty as the girls she knows, as well as the ones on TV.  To get her spirits up, she is entered into a beauty contest in California and along the way the seeming dysfunctional family comes together to support Olive.

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Above Picture: Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

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2. Class & Race

"On June 15, 2012, the Obama administration issued a memorandum providing protection from deportation for a group of immigrant adolescents and young adults who were brought as children to the United States without authorization." - Pediatrics (DACA)
"Just as the benefits of DACA extend far beyond direct beneficiaries, its termination threatens the health and well-being of children, families, and communities." - Pediatrics (DACA)
These quotes are referring to the inequality that immigrants experience once they have made it to the United States.  My wife wasn't born here but she came here from Kenya, she has been here for 3 yrs, and she has gotten 3 degrees in college.  They contribute to our economy and they help build our country to a better tomorrow.

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Above Picture: This picture is of my little family and I at Hoover Dam.  The viewer should see that even though we are a blended family, we are still very happy

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2. Part 1: Blended Family

The concept is simply put in this quote, "There is empirical evidence that divorce has not discouraged children in terms of how they view marriage and family. A blended family has additional stress resulting from yours/mine/ours children. The blended family also has a ex-parent that has different discipline techniques."

- Introduction to Sociology (pg. 320)

This image is an example of a blended family because I am obviously not the biological father of my son but we are having to learn to get along with each other not only because I am his stepdad but because my wife and son are from a way different culture.

I was very clueless of what was going on in the world before I met my family. I feel that the average white person sees the cover of the book and assume that they know what is going on for people of a different "Race" without reading the whole book.

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GIF above: The gif is of Dudley Dursley in the movie Harry Potter.  The viewer should see that the average American is entitled (Privileged).

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1. Part 1: Privilege

I chose El Dorado Hills, CA as the location because that town is the definition of "White Privilege".

Privilege or more accurately put, "White Privilege" is as this "...the benefits people receive simply by being part of the dominant group" - Introduction to Sociology (pg. 228)
The imagine above is an example of general "Privilege" but I want the viewer to get out of it, is that everything about this country is a privilege.  There are "Rights" and "Freedoms", that I feel that most Americans, expect to be given them just because they were born.  I am often reminded by my immigrant friends and family that I am so "blessed" by my "White Privilege".  Having a positive relationship with the law, being wanted more by various schools, attending schools that are specific one "race", learning about my "race" in school in a positive light, having children's books that are mainly white children, and etcetera are all examples of "White Privilege".  And it needs to stop!

Deep Question:

Who made/created this?

The people of the United States made "Privilege" what it is today. A majority of the time, they act as a spoiled child. Usually saying something along the lines, "It is my right!", this could be taken as just because I was born I deserve it.

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Above Picture: This is a picture is of my wife on a Ferry touring New York.  I want the viewer to imagine how far she has come as an immigrant from Kenya.

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3. Part 1: Immigration

Immigration is the action to move permanently to another country other than your own. "In the United States, which has a history of welcoming and absorbing immigrants from different lands, assimilation has been a function of immigration." - Introduction to Sociology (pg 233)
My wife and son have immigrated all the way from Nairobi, Kenya to Brooklyn, New York but from there we built a our family and moved elsewhere.
I chose this picture because it showed her as if she was journeying from afar.  My wife came from the most difficult background that a child could come from as if she were a flower growing up through the crack in the cement.  But now she is here and were are working on making her become a citizen.

Deeper Question

Who benefits from this?

Everyone in the United States would benefit from immigrants staying here. They better our economy and provide the natives competitive job searching and receiving.

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Above Picture: A couple having fun with silhouette photography.  This example gives the viewer an idea for a planned and well thought out activity for dating.

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4. Part 1: Dating

"..Tinder and the dawn of the dating Apocalypse.." - Kevin Carr

In the Kevin Carr, "Dating Is Dead" TED talk on Youtube, I didn't find it surprising when he said that the average millennial doesn't know what an actual date is.  The concept is this, no one knows how to date properly like in our parents or grandparents era.

Just in case you didn't know, a date is planned and well thought out.  The picture represents this concept because it shows an example of an acceptable dating activity.
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Date:
- Brainstorm Ideas for the Activity
- Plan the Date
* Start Time
* Activity
* Meal or Drinks
*End Time
* Encore (If date went well)
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I chose this picture because it is a picture of my wife and I.  We planned the date and had fun!