The Effects Of Violence On Groups And Out Groups

What has America come to? Although the articles, “We’re No.1(1)!” written by Thomas Friedman, and the article “Violence is Who We Are,” by Steven Crichley, have different overall subjects, they have a similar arguments. The world isn’t as great as it used to be, we are lacking good leadership, and we happily invite wrong doings into our lives.

Throughout America’s history, Americans have seen waves and waves of violence. The bloody American culture has taken away any sense of security that Americans may have had. Due to media coverage we are now more in the front lines than ever. Which means that we now feel personal connection victims that are on the news coverage because we know that in one way or another we all share the same characteristics.

Structural violence has become a frequently used instrument in the word of systemic oppression. This type of oppression and unfair limitations of civil, criminal and basic human rights can cause suffering and death to many innocent lives. Sociologist Johan Galtung was the one who developed this theory of structural violence. Indicated in one of his articles “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research”, structural violence is the “systematic constraint on human potential due to economic and political structures” (Galtung, 1969, p.177). Galtung is telling the readers that certain groups of people are systematically being limited to resources in society either directly or indirectly. Structural violence has been described as the “most basic of fundamental form of violence, as it is expressive of the conditions of society that reproduce mass violations of personhood twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week” (Barak, 2003, p.113). This demonstrates that structural violence is an on-going way to steal ones opportunities in society. Racism, sexism, classism and ageism are all examples of structural violence. It can be visible and invisible and can cause disadvantages for people who are considered poor or a minority within society. Structural violence is extremely important as it could lead to poverty, starvation, sicknesses and deaths. Although structural violence is a powerful and common method of ferocity, there are agents of change who locally and globally contribute to the

Over the past week or so, we have witnessed wrongful actions by Americans on other American citizens throughout the country. There has been flag burning and even violence on the Ohio State campus which includes assault. You and I both agree that our country is split into two parts which is devastating and puts a pause on the prosperity of our country. With us working together, I definitely think we both want to use the holistic approach to try to find a solution for this problem. I do understand that everyone has their own ideas and beliefs, but at such a hard time like this, we need to be more respectful and welcoming to everyone's ideas. So, using the holistic approach, I would like for the nation and OSU students to find a middle ground of respect and maturity for everyone no matter who they voted for in the

In David Nirenberg’s narrative monograph, Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages Nirenberg examines the meaning and function of violence in fourteenth century southern France and in the Crown of Aragon. Nirenberg’s thesis is that violence towards minorities (Jews, Muslims, and lepers) was neither irrational nor a result of intolerance, instead violence towards minorities was contextual and part of the everyday function of society. Nirenberg argues that there is a difference between “systematic violence” and its function and “cataclysmic violence.” Nirenberg focuses on how those of the time maintained a society by using everyday violence to enforce boundaries and propel negotiations among minorities.

Many citizens do not know it, but violence is occurring all around them. There are a few ways for us, as citizens, to investigate the types of violence, causes of violence, and ways to control violence in our society. Violence in the United States is arising as we speak.

Urban communities fall victim to drug and gang involvement. “Gangs and violence are associated with urban poverty, and gang life is seen as a source of social identity in the face of impoverished living conditions (Weisel, D. L., McNamara, R. P., Nugent, H., Spelman,, W., Ayres, M. B., & Capowich, G. E., 1999).” Also, living conditions and economic resources have diminished rather than prosper in urban communities. Over the years, America has become more occupied with gangs especially with their relationship with drugs and violence. “Gangs are now increasingly and almost exclusively blamed for the drug and violence problems of the last decade (Weisel, D. L., McNamara, R. P., Nugent, H., Spelman,, W., Ayres, M. B., & Capowich,

Violence is a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Violence has been a huge issue in America for a while. Nowday's violence is all over the place. Violence is seen in media, TV, video games, etc.

Chicago, home to many, has the highest rate of criminal activity. According to the Chicago Tribune, the number of people shot in Chicago so far this year is at least 2,300. Those against gun control would approach these violent situations by declaring society as a whole cannot prevent all acts of violence. Comparatively, with stricter laws society can decrease the amount of innocent bystanders being wounded or fatally injured by firearms. For instance, imagine being a parent and hearing the devastating news that your child has been shot by another individual. Well, on December 14th, the parents of elementary students at Sandy Hook faced just that. Anxious but patiently, parents stood with an ounce of hope that they

I believe the social world greatly influences your understanding and awareness of violence. The shows that children watch condone violent conduct and make us as people more likely to respond to situations in a more violent behavior. When children spend more time watching TV, they become more susceptible to the violent actions that they watch on the screen, just as the studies showed. If you are constantly exposed to violent tendencies, you are more aware of the violence around you and in the world.

Although the study does a good job reflecting the percentages, it does not do a good job at identifying the quantity or base line number of attacks by group. These specific numbers could be related to causality of attacks, for example based on Figure 4, 1% of attacks by Islamic extremists in the first decade category versus 58% attacks by Islamic extremists in the last decade category. This could be important in developing separate trends of consistency of the attacks by terrorist factions within the City of New York. Right now the reader does not know how many attacks were conducted by terrorist faction, but rather a percent. This information combined with the information defined on the graph in Figure 2 and a little bit of mathematics the result comes as 11 (or 58%) attacks of a total of 19 attacks were conducted by Islamic extremists in the decade of 2006 through 2015. Versus the 97.92 (or 64%) attacks of 153 total attacks were conducted by Nationalist-Separatist movements in the decade that was covered from 1975 through 1985. Although the evidence provided still notes a dramatic increase of Islamic extremists it should be noted that the difference in percentages by terrorist factions is subjective to a larger decrease in other terrorist group’s activity.

When someone established a relationship with somebody, both have equal rights of relationship which include the right to say no to things you don't want to do, right to negotiate and compromise and value and respect as a human being (Healey, 2004, p.15). If both partners keep going with trust, commitment, mutual respect and good communication in their lives, this relationship can characterize as a healthy relationship (National Health Marriage Resource Center, n.d.). However, according to Turner (2005) ?power? means ?the capacity of influence to the control of resources valued or desired by others?.

Structural violence is systematic ways in which social structures harm people by excluding the disadvantage individuals. In our society people are valued differently based on race, gender, class, income level, and power. Privileged have better access to education, healthcare, jobs, and quality housing. Our society disallows the unprivileged people to access these services, which cause illness. Racism is one of the most important scale of social forces that determine who falls ill and who has access to the healthcare. People can be at the top of the social gradient by having a good education, good income, living in a good neighborhood, but if you are a person of color, no matter your social economic status you are more likely to have worse heath conditions than whites. It is easier to see the violence when there is a physical attack, however, structural violence and the suffer it causes is mostly invisible because structural violence is normalized by institutions.

How does group acceptance of the underdog develop through acts of violence? We must look from a sociological perspective at the different acts of violence that’s has created a group acceptance for the underdog. In doing so will examine three movies including: Lucas (1986), Rocky One (1976), and Karate Kid (1984). In each of these movies, acts of violence granted each character acceptance within their respected groups.

Wars, pogroms, genocides, inquisitions, crusades, and political actions have caused many to lose their lives or kill others for centuries. Majority of them are over the clashes in beliefs of ideologies, politics, philosophies, and religion (and usually a combination of several reasons). These belief-systems, when explained and read about, may inject a sense of being magical and the ability to bring peace to the world to those who are innocent. But when they are confronted by faced with the clashing with another belief system, they fail to prove how their belief-system can bring peace to the world. I will be focusing on religious beliefs, which are sets of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered