After reading chapter 9 Race & Ethnicity and watching the video Race"The power of illuision I now get a better understanding of the two. Race refers to a person's physical apperance such as skin color, eye color, hair etc. Ethnicity on the other hand relates to cultural factors such as nationality, culture ancestry language and beliefs. Race defines each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics. After watching the video I realize Race Can't exactly tell you where somebody is from, what a person is naturally good at or how they might behave. But it can tell you who is being discriminated against and who lack certain opportunities. Race is more of a social construct than a biological one. Scientificically there is only one race and that is the huma race,so to put races into different caterogy doesnt exist. Its sad but as blacsk we are label not that smart but good in sports, while Asian are the smarter race and the white are richer then all. Something I always found weird about this world we live in how when filling out a appiclication they want to know your race. I never understood why do they want to know whats your nationally is. Is that deternmining the outcome for a job.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Ch 10 Gender and Sex
The chapter Gender and Sexuality touch base on the inequalities ties to them two. At birth we are learn our sex and that is what seperates males to females.I chose to read the article "Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities" by Michael A. Messner and he say how masculinities is taught not something you can be born with. This brings me to the social umbrella of our society, there’s the masculine role and the feminine role which is always portrayed as either the masculine man or the feminine female and if anyone doesn’t fit in with the social priority, their considered to be different and weird. When a boy has feminine ways or tendencies, he’s considered gay or just not manly but when a female goes out of her “social priora” she considered to be innovator and a female that his making a name for of female kind, although some women look down on them for leaving their mothering, caring and feminist ways behind.
Throughout my life I’ve seen people take flack from pushing the modern norm. Larger than life stars that wasn’t afraid of being different, from one of the most popular pop stars, Mr. Androgynous himself, prince to one of the most dangerous and powerful women ever to wrestle professionally, china, they have be attacked and bullied because they were different and considered to be gay or distressful. We as a society have gotten so use to the norm that we shame the male nurse or the female firefight. Growing up I never wanted to be that outcast so I got into the sports world, playing basketball and football so I could be considered to be a man while my sisters played jump rope and with played with make-up and dolls that where the stigma came in. I was frowned apond when one day I decided to stay in and play dolls with my sister I remember this day like it was yesterday my father snatch the doll out my hand and slap me upside the head and told me "boys dont play with barbie and said hes not rasing no gay son".
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Class Inequality
After watching the video "People Like Us:Social Class in America" I really see how the wealthy look at the middle class and the poor people. My feeling kinda got hurt in a way because at one point in the video one man actually said theres no way to move up in class but according to the America dream everyone has a chance of moving up but thats not exactly true, yes you could get more money but would you get accepted by the rich is what make you a part of their class . In America they state its against the America people norms to speak or belong to a certain class but even if its against we all still belong to a class. Class in my opinion is just people opinions. I can't understand how you can look at a man clothing and deterimined his class. Class is manily base on looks, popularity,money and the size house you live in. There are all kind of measure of class in America. America is divided by class. As we move from life we seperate ourself from that people that we feel don't belong to our class. One of the speaker Joe Queenan said something very interested to me he said "A generation ago people will send their kids to private school because they didn't like black people now it they dont like poor people Its all about class. That statement alone shows how class played such a big part in society since day 1. I dont think people should have that right to look down on anybody because their not from the same class. In America the rich does rule, In society the upper rich is like still being in high school because you want to belong you want to be accepted.
In the article"Media Magic: Making Class Invisble by Gregory Mantsios he touch base on the influence the media on social class. Mantsios first speaks about the poor and how the media portrays the poor and how they do not exist,their underserving , and only have to blame themselves for their problems. When hes wrote about the wealthy he talks about how as a class the wealthy are generous yes there some wealthy people who are bad but its only a few. My opinion on this article is the media is so full of it I cant take it serious. I feel the media only informs Americans on what they want us to know not what we need to know.
In the article"Media Magic: Making Class Invisble by Gregory Mantsios he touch base on the influence the media on social class. Mantsios first speaks about the poor and how the media portrays the poor and how they do not exist,their underserving , and only have to blame themselves for their problems. When hes wrote about the wealthy he talks about how as a class the wealthy are generous yes there some wealthy people who are bad but its only a few. My opinion on this article is the media is so full of it I cant take it serious. I feel the media only informs Americans on what they want us to know not what we need to know.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
My Deviance Ways
Deviance is defined as behavior that does not conform to basic cultural norms and expectations. What is ultimately defined as deviance depends on the social norms at the time.In life we do deviance things everyday but since we feel if were not committing crimes or doing anything illegal its okay. As I sit and think about all my deviance ways I find it funny that I really do things that someone else would consider disgusting or just not the social norm.
1) Growing Up i always picked my nose.Yes i know its disgusting but its just something I've done. Ill be driving I'll start pick my nose, I could be doing laundry I'll pick my nose I don't know I just always feel like there a booger or a itch Now that I'm 22 I don't do it as much as i did when i was in high school. My family and friends always get on me for it calling me dirty or nasty. One day I could remember i think this was the reason I started to have consideration and not just dig up my nose in public. I was on the train and I just was going to town in my nose and these two girls that was sitting across from me literally was looking at me rolled their eyes in disgust and got up and move. I felt so disgusted with myself not knowing that this is a trait that's in my family. My grandmother always tell me stories about how my grandfather would be in the bar just digging in his nose. After that day with them girls it made me realize that what I'm doing wasn't wrong its just a time and place for everything.
2) Monday my little sister just gave birth to my beautiful niece. Me and my sister have a really close relationship that if you don't know us you would think its like incest but its not that at all. I'm saying this story because I don't know if its deviance but I believe it is because its against the norm. While my sister was giving birth she wanting me to be in the room. Every time the nurse or the doctor would come in the room they would say to her well do you want your brother to leave while we check you and she would say No and they would be like I don't know no brother that would want to see this The doctor went as far as to say we was making her uncomfortable . Another thing that happen she was telling her baby-fathers mother that I was in the room when she gave birth and she started being funny saying "Ew' you saw your sister private part" but saying it in a mock kinda way.
3)This weekend I travel to Virginia and on the way down there the Chinese bus I was on kept pulling over because some black people in the back deciding they couldn't wait to get off the bus they needed to smoke they weed right on the bus. I just found that to be very disrespectful they didn't care about nobody on that bus but themselves. The bus driver had to threaten to call the police and they made us get their a hour later then we was suppose. A lot of people was upset but not one person said anything to them.
4) Just recently I just told my grandmother I didn't want to have kids of my own. She told me I was being selfish and going against OUR family rules (what ever that is) and If i don't get my life back on track I'm going to hell...I'll let you guys sit and think of why she said that
5) I have a potty mouth. I know its something I truly have to work on but I use profanity a lot. Not something I'm proud of. In a way I feel it because of where I was raise
After reading the article "Positive Functions of the Underserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America by Herbert J. Gans really open my eyes to the world we live in and the importance the poor people have. I didn't know poverty had so many different effect on our lives. He speaks about how the displacement function is how the poor are being blamed for social problems that they did not actually cause. Those who are part of the lower class actually contribute to our society just as much as the working and the upper class do.This idea for sure may impact many people, because a really large number of our population believe that the poor people are just receiving services that cost a lot of money without deserving them, which is obviously not true. The unfortunates are blame for most of the crimes and unacceptable behaviors that occurred in our society just because of the stereotypes they supposedly into. Even for those label the poor people, they used them as a motivation for not being like them but also its one of the ways in which they protect themselves from being point out as well. Everyone in our society have an essential role.
1) Growing Up i always picked my nose.Yes i know its disgusting but its just something I've done. Ill be driving I'll start pick my nose, I could be doing laundry I'll pick my nose I don't know I just always feel like there a booger or a itch Now that I'm 22 I don't do it as much as i did when i was in high school. My family and friends always get on me for it calling me dirty or nasty. One day I could remember i think this was the reason I started to have consideration and not just dig up my nose in public. I was on the train and I just was going to town in my nose and these two girls that was sitting across from me literally was looking at me rolled their eyes in disgust and got up and move. I felt so disgusted with myself not knowing that this is a trait that's in my family. My grandmother always tell me stories about how my grandfather would be in the bar just digging in his nose. After that day with them girls it made me realize that what I'm doing wasn't wrong its just a time and place for everything.
2) Monday my little sister just gave birth to my beautiful niece. Me and my sister have a really close relationship that if you don't know us you would think its like incest but its not that at all. I'm saying this story because I don't know if its deviance but I believe it is because its against the norm. While my sister was giving birth she wanting me to be in the room. Every time the nurse or the doctor would come in the room they would say to her well do you want your brother to leave while we check you and she would say No and they would be like I don't know no brother that would want to see this The doctor went as far as to say we was making her uncomfortable . Another thing that happen she was telling her baby-fathers mother that I was in the room when she gave birth and she started being funny saying "Ew' you saw your sister private part" but saying it in a mock kinda way.
3)This weekend I travel to Virginia and on the way down there the Chinese bus I was on kept pulling over because some black people in the back deciding they couldn't wait to get off the bus they needed to smoke they weed right on the bus. I just found that to be very disrespectful they didn't care about nobody on that bus but themselves. The bus driver had to threaten to call the police and they made us get their a hour later then we was suppose. A lot of people was upset but not one person said anything to them.
4) Just recently I just told my grandmother I didn't want to have kids of my own. She told me I was being selfish and going against OUR family rules (what ever that is) and If i don't get my life back on track I'm going to hell...I'll let you guys sit and think of why she said that
5) I have a potty mouth. I know its something I truly have to work on but I use profanity a lot. Not something I'm proud of. In a way I feel it because of where I was raise
After reading the article "Positive Functions of the Underserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America by Herbert J. Gans really open my eyes to the world we live in and the importance the poor people have. I didn't know poverty had so many different effect on our lives. He speaks about how the displacement function is how the poor are being blamed for social problems that they did not actually cause. Those who are part of the lower class actually contribute to our society just as much as the working and the upper class do.This idea for sure may impact many people, because a really large number of our population believe that the poor people are just receiving services that cost a lot of money without deserving them, which is obviously not true. The unfortunates are blame for most of the crimes and unacceptable behaviors that occurred in our society just because of the stereotypes they supposedly into. Even for those label the poor people, they used them as a motivation for not being like them but also its one of the ways in which they protect themselves from being point out as well. Everyone in our society have an essential role.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Socialization
After reading both articles and watching both videos I see how they all can relate to socialization one way or another. The video, "A Call to Men" by Tony Porter was a very interesting speech. He talked about how men are being held at a different standard when being compare to a women. He speaks on how boys growing up they are taught to be tough, strong, courageous, show no pain ,no emotion with the exception of anger and definitely no fear. Growing up boys are taught at a young age that their superior over females. Tony Porter gave an example of how he treats his two kids differently letting his daughter cry but when his son cries he is quick to be hard on him because growing up as a boy part of the "men box" you cant show weakness.This video really shows me how important it is to have a father and how important it is as a father to raise his son the right way and not the way society tells you to.
What I also found very intersting was the "man box". The man box, are a bunch of rules men are suppose to follow which will show them the dos and donts of life. The problem is that since our society stresses so much over these past generation rules we're not really rasing our sons correctly. We have to break out of the man box go against the traditional images of manhood that stop us from taking a stand on how we bring up our sons
The second video "Killing me softly" Jean Kilbourne spoke about adverstiments and how women are being portrayed in a negative way because of them. Ads have always played a big role in society. They show us who we are and what we should be and most importantly how we should look. This could be very hard growing up for some girls because if your not taught that your beauitful any size, shape or color you're going to go through life trying to fit in and when you see that your never fitting in to what society portrays you to be you can become very depressed. Trying to keep up with what the ads call beautiful is truly alot of time ,energy and money.
The article retro wife is about about a successful career woman whom ends up deciding to leave it all to be a stay at home mother. I believe from young a girl growing up she is taught she must be the caregiver in the family. I always found it weird that on Christmas some parents will give their 2 year old daughter a baby doll and call it her baby.Right there we are taught that little girls are suppose to grow up one day and be mothers.
In the article Parent Socialization of Children by Terri Heath, The author explains how parents around the world raise their children. It also shows how the parenting styles are so different but very similar at the same time. Terri Heath points out that there are three type of parenting skills; authoritive permissive and authoritarain.The authoritive parent are the more hands on parents,lets their child grow independence, strict but not to strict to where they push their children away.The permissivie parents are usually the push overs let their children get away with anything.Their children usually turn out to be lazy and commonly do not have self control.The authoritarian parents are the strict military parents.Usually their children grow up angry and anti social. This article also points out how depending on the parents academic achievements predict how they raise their children will determine the outcome of their children's success.
This Ad is Very disturbing if you ask me...but hey I guess SEX SELLS!!!
What I also found very intersting was the "man box". The man box, are a bunch of rules men are suppose to follow which will show them the dos and donts of life. The problem is that since our society stresses so much over these past generation rules we're not really rasing our sons correctly. We have to break out of the man box go against the traditional images of manhood that stop us from taking a stand on how we bring up our sons
The second video "Killing me softly" Jean Kilbourne spoke about adverstiments and how women are being portrayed in a negative way because of them. Ads have always played a big role in society. They show us who we are and what we should be and most importantly how we should look. This could be very hard growing up for some girls because if your not taught that your beauitful any size, shape or color you're going to go through life trying to fit in and when you see that your never fitting in to what society portrays you to be you can become very depressed. Trying to keep up with what the ads call beautiful is truly alot of time ,energy and money.
The article retro wife is about about a successful career woman whom ends up deciding to leave it all to be a stay at home mother. I believe from young a girl growing up she is taught she must be the caregiver in the family. I always found it weird that on Christmas some parents will give their 2 year old daughter a baby doll and call it her baby.Right there we are taught that little girls are suppose to grow up one day and be mothers.
In the article Parent Socialization of Children by Terri Heath, The author explains how parents around the world raise their children. It also shows how the parenting styles are so different but very similar at the same time. Terri Heath points out that there are three type of parenting skills; authoritive permissive and authoritarain.The authoritive parent are the more hands on parents,lets their child grow independence, strict but not to strict to where they push their children away.The permissivie parents are usually the push overs let their children get away with anything.Their children usually turn out to be lazy and commonly do not have self control.The authoritarian parents are the strict military parents.Usually their children grow up angry and anti social. This article also points out how depending on the parents academic achievements predict how they raise their children will determine the outcome of their children's success.
I dont know how this have anything to do with fashion!!
The tables has turned Now the female is the Controlling one!!
Do you see how they put are you MAN ENOUGH cause in society we look at being a nurse as a females job
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
POWER!!
What comes to mind when I think of the word POWER is authority and how the person with that power can either do something uplifting for our society or something negative. Either way it can be an big impact on society. The definition of power is having the ability to bring about an intended outcome even when opposed by others. In Ch.5 "Experience Sociology", "Five Faces Of Oppression" and The Milgram Experiment they all touch base on how we examine power and its various characteristics and how power can shape our daily lives.While I do agree that the amount of power that we have can heavily influences what we accomplish in life, I do not approve of how people with power take advantage of the people under them.
In life in the United States having a lot of money leads to having a lot of power. As stated in the chapter"people with more resource typically have more power and those with power can use it to obtain more resources". Which I do believe that the more money you have the more privilege you are in life. Having money you can influences those with no money to do things for you even if it's against their morals. I'm a big fan of reality television, as I think about the power people have I thought about Kim Kardashian and if it wasn't for her father who was an famous attorney the name Kardashian would not be where it is now.She use her father resources to start her own fame which led to her sex tapes degrading herself for more money and after the sex tape her family was hitch their own reality t.v show which is now worth millions.
On the other hand I do not agree with authority taking advantage of their power. As I learned our government in my opinion been taking advantage of us since the Declaration of Independence was signed. In the article"Five Faces of Oppression" by Iris Young he notes that"no matter which definition you use, oppression is when people reduce the potential for other people to be fully human". In other words anything that's doesn't give people a choice to choose if they want to do something or not is dehumanizing them. The Constitution gave us laws we have to follow and if we didn't follow them rules we had to face certain consequences. During slavery was truly a hard time for African Americans since they were exploited by working 20hrs shifts and during that time they were rewarded with food that they barely were getting. They also was very powerlessness in that the blacks had no say so they couldn't learn to read or write.
Going back to the video The Milgram Experienment Stanley Milgram did a study on obedience to society and how under what conditions would a person obey authority when going against their conscience. In this generation we have more of choice to do what we think is right and wrong in our life. During the video it showed how the people playing the teacher continue to shock the learner because the authority being the scientist told them to. This shows that following and listening to the authority is not always the right thing to do. Stanley Milgram also said something that stood out to me which was" offer it is not so much the kind of person a man is the kind of situation determined how he would act".
Power is always something good to have. Its just what you do what that power that makes you a leader in this world. Having to much power can be very harmful if its in the wrong person hand.
In life in the United States having a lot of money leads to having a lot of power. As stated in the chapter"people with more resource typically have more power and those with power can use it to obtain more resources". Which I do believe that the more money you have the more privilege you are in life. Having money you can influences those with no money to do things for you even if it's against their morals. I'm a big fan of reality television, as I think about the power people have I thought about Kim Kardashian and if it wasn't for her father who was an famous attorney the name Kardashian would not be where it is now.She use her father resources to start her own fame which led to her sex tapes degrading herself for more money and after the sex tape her family was hitch their own reality t.v show which is now worth millions.
On the other hand I do not agree with authority taking advantage of their power. As I learned our government in my opinion been taking advantage of us since the Declaration of Independence was signed. In the article"Five Faces of Oppression" by Iris Young he notes that"no matter which definition you use, oppression is when people reduce the potential for other people to be fully human". In other words anything that's doesn't give people a choice to choose if they want to do something or not is dehumanizing them. The Constitution gave us laws we have to follow and if we didn't follow them rules we had to face certain consequences. During slavery was truly a hard time for African Americans since they were exploited by working 20hrs shifts and during that time they were rewarded with food that they barely were getting. They also was very powerlessness in that the blacks had no say so they couldn't learn to read or write.
Going back to the video The Milgram Experienment Stanley Milgram did a study on obedience to society and how under what conditions would a person obey authority when going against their conscience. In this generation we have more of choice to do what we think is right and wrong in our life. During the video it showed how the people playing the teacher continue to shock the learner because the authority being the scientist told them to. This shows that following and listening to the authority is not always the right thing to do. Stanley Milgram also said something that stood out to me which was" offer it is not so much the kind of person a man is the kind of situation determined how he would act".
Power is always something good to have. Its just what you do what that power that makes you a leader in this world. Having to much power can be very harmful if its in the wrong person hand.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Culture part 2
Symbols- The Eagle is the symbol for United States of American,because of its long life great strenght and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this conitnent. The eagle also represent freedom
Belief- I grew up believing that there is a God, and that if you live your life the way he want you to then you will be sent to heaven and also another thing I believe in is
Something my Mother Value a lot. She constantly telling me if you want something you have to work for it and if you cant get it your not working harder to get it.
Something my Mother Value a lot. She constantly telling me if you want something you have to work for it and if you cant get it your not working harder to get it.
Folkway- Something my family always teasing me about. I'm known to pick my nose any and every where
Xenophobia- Talk about gays which I have been a victim because I am not like the typical dude from the block. I don't play sports but honestly all this did for me was teach me to be a stronger person
Behavior- My behavior is not influenced by my surroundings and even thought I have been exposed to crime, drugs etc I do not want to ever be a part of that lifestyle
Counter Culture- Drug dealers that go against the grain and justify it by saying "I had to do what I gotta do also
Dialect- Another funny thing about growing up in the BX you learn all the slang which is Multiculterism because not only blacks use slang but its an a very diverse dialect.
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