How The Bad Boys Changed In The 1980s

This paper will analyze the film Remember the Titans through a social psychological perspective using principles that are depicted throughout the film. This film takes place in Virginia during the segregation years. One African American coach is picked to be head coach at a school in the suburbs. His team is forced to play with another team that is all white males. Both coaches and players have to go through many difficult trials and tribulations. At first the teams show out and let eachother know that they don’t like each other but in the end become good friend in spite of the segregation. This paper will analyze this film through the social psychological principles of racism, conformity and

Totalitarian regimes have utilized mob mentality as means to sustain power and oppress those who oppose them. Mob mentality is not restricted as a tool for only totalitarian regimes in real life to take advantage; mob mentality is a universal tool that is used to uphold the power of authority whether fictitious or not. In the books 1984 and The Circle written by George Orwell and Dave Eggers respectively mob mentality is used to distract the common people from the lies the authority figures spread through misinformation. Through them being the main outlet for information, having the ability to punish any opposition, and having a majority following which allows them to do anything they want the authority figures have no limit to their power.

Social aspects in the novel 1984 conforms to the conventions of the dystopian genre. Specifically, fear of the outside world and foreign people is spread to promote reliance on the government. “Then the sheep-face melted into the figure of an Eurasian soldier who seemed to be advancing, huge and terrible, his submachine gun roaring and seeming to spring out of the surface of the screen, so that some of the people in the front row actually flinched backwards in their seats. But then in the same moment, drawing a deep sigh of relief from everybody, the hostile figure melted into the face of Big Brother…” (Orwell 15). This was Orwell’s description of the climax, when the treacherous Goldstein turns into an Eurasian killing machine by spraying

Criminological theories have evolved considerably in terms of their interpretations of crime and deviance. Shifting away from the classical and neoclassical schools of criminology, we move towards a scientific approach that explains criminal behaviour as “determined by biological, psychological and social” (William & McShane, 2018: 25) factors. The question of what causes conformity and deviance is one that is asked by all positivist theorists. It is through the various positivist theories that we are able to answer this question and analyze both conforming and deviant behaviour, while simultaneously providing explanations for such behaviour. In the film Boyz N the Hood, we can see that crime is rampant, and through the multiple positivist

When I was younger their were more inspirational television shows to watch, such as Thats so Raven, Full House, The Cosby Show an many other television shows that you and your family can sit down and watch together. Today the younger kids do not have anything like those positive television shows to look at anymore. Nowadays we have T.V shows that got to do with cheating, lies, and deceit. What ever happen to those T.V shows that you parents wouldn’t mind you to watch without having their parental advisement. One T.V show that is so disrespectful and degrading to me is the television show “Bad Girls Club.” Bad girls club is a reality television series. It centers on seven rebellious women aged from 21 to 27 with different personalities and backgrounds, who have a number of behavioral problems. its original plot was to try to help seven behavior problem women change their self destructing antics, while they spend three months in a fine mansion with one another, during which they have to go by some specific rules, which they must get kick out of the show if they don’t obey them. The women on the show have negatively influenced the younger viewers with 24/7 drinking and partying, the promiscuity, and the constant fighting. The show fails to show the outcome of the actions the women on the show will have to face in real life, but instead it paints a picture that there are no real consequences to the actions that they chose to follow but getting fame.

The movie Boyz in the Hood premiered in theaters in 1991. It was written and directed by John Singleton. It was also nominated for best director, and best original screen play. This paper will explore the four aspects and causes of gang violence. For instance, how youth are affected in these four environments, single parent households, gun, and gang violence, lastly education. Boyz in the hood depicts gang culture and demonstrates it though the story line protagonist, Tre. This movie shows the life of the character Tre and what he observed while growing up in south central L.A. As seen in the movie, Reva, a single mother made every attempt to make sure that her son did not involve himself in such dangerous and highly contagious acts within the black community. She ultimately makes the decision to have him live with his father. The scene opens with a young Tre fighting at school. There his teacher believed so strongly in him that she worried about his future. To therefore Reva decides to send him to his dad. Another scene shows where doughboy, Ice Cube went to jail for stealing and years later when he was released he joined a gang.

The following two years the Warriors level of play dropped terribly and they placed last 5 out of 9 seasons the next few years. In the 80’s the Warriors became known for new head coach Don Nelson’s up tempo style. It had relied on smaller players and an emphasis on scoring over defenders. The era is best known for the 1989-90 season and nicknamed RUN T.M.C. They were called that because the first high scoring trio featuring Tim Hardaway the speed demon, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin. Although this team didn’t make it past the second round of the playoffs they were still a great team.

It wasn't until Bill Laimbeer was acquired when the "Bad boys" started to take shape. The Pistons acquired Laimbeer via trade with the Cavaliers. Laimbeer was a gritty bigman who could shoot and play defense, if you consider tackling and throwing elbows "playing defense. Along with the skilled rebounder in Dennis Rodman, Vinnie "the microwave" Johnson, and Mark

1995 the Detroit pistons were one of the best defensive teams in the league, but what cause that? The Pistons played a very physical defense which stops offensive players from getting to the basket easily. In this passage I am going to show you what the Pistons did to become one of the best defensive teams in the league.

The Malice at the Palace was the brawl that changed the NBA forever but the effect that it had on the Indiana Pacers and their community was a little more direct. The Indiana Pacers were on the verge to possibly winning or at least competing for multiple NBA championships but all that came to a halt because of the brawl in Detroit (Newell, 2014). The brawl forced the NBA to suspend the three top players on the Pacers team one of them for the whole year, which caused the team to not have the success that they should have (Newell, 2014). After the brawl the team never was the same and the players involved where looked at as thugs and the community and the rest if the NBA looked down on them which pretty much forced the organization to break up the team (Newell, 2014). Ron Artest inability to get along with his teammates forced him to demand a trade which he was granted and then came the trades of Jermaine O’Neal and Stephen Jackson which symbolized the end of the young talented team that was expected to bring the city its first ever NBA championship and forced the team into several losing seasons (Newell, 2014).

Although the 1980s was a wonderful decade, there were some negative events. The 1980s contained many assassinations, such as John Lennon, Anwar Sadat, Marvin Gaye, Indira Gandhi, and Olof Palme

The Act had face many challenges during the time of 1990’s. According to Rubin, it speaks about how the U.S. faced many skills shortages, these minorities reason, the country will have no choice but to renovate the education, the trainings of its inherent labor force. This would be accomplished by improving schools, opportunities for urban city residents and for others who partake yet to rise in the American economy (1990). According to Amy M. Nice (1991), says that the new law had made clear that employers weren’t not permitted to perform alien long shore labor. During the 21st century many people were furious because the immigrants were actually working in agriculture jobs, and people stared saying the immigrants are taking the American

The introduction of an 18th Amendment that banned the sale, consumption and manufacturing of alcohol in America had an unprecedented outcome: the gangster era. This era filled with elaborate crimes, speakeasies and outlaws continue to have an influence on the America of today. The gangster era has influenced the legal system of America, American literature (for example The Godfather and the Jazz Age Mystery Series), and American films (for example Mobsters, Dilinger, and Capone) and has even become integrated into language. People compare crimes and criminals today to the famous ones of the eras saying someone is pulling a "Bonnie and Clyde" scheme as well as some of the slang from the era (broad, goon, Big House, etc.). "You can get a long

If you ever wondered what it would look like if two professional wrestlers fought each other in an MMA bout, Bellator will deliver the closest thing to it on January 21 when Tito Ortiz squares off against Chael Sonnen in a light heavyweight main event. They both grew up as wrestling fans and have nicknames that firmly pronounce their colorful personalities.

Having gone through both elementary and middle school, we have all run into peers who spent a lot of time and energy trying to act like the most popular athlete in any given time period. Kids often try to imitate controversial athletes to bring attention to themselves. Such behavior can bring popularity to a young person. A sad outcome of violence in adult sports is that youth sports end up mirroring adult sports. Young people are encouraged to be aggressive, and often those who are the stars of the team are those who know how to "stretch the rules". Often, young people who do play by the rules are relegated to the bench. As a result, youth athletic teams, even