Throughout the entire semester of Sociology, we’ve covered the basis of several topics that regard who humans interact and group each other. Each topic contributed greatly to the human experience; specifically some of these topics, for example, like religion, race, and sexuality led to a significant amount of years of discrimination and violence. Now in a specific set of years, 2018, humans as a whole, or the policies built around said humans, have developed a more liberal sense of mind, allowing such viewings around them. Racism, while still a major and prevalent issue, and all the other topics have now been surrounding by a growing amount of support and resistance, something that would not be shown in the decades before. However, each …show more content…
The story follows Veronica as she meets recently moved bad boy, Jason ‘JD’ Dean, and their developing killing spree with their close enemies; for Veronica it is her ‘best friends’, the Heathers and for JD, Kurt and Ram, the jocks who initially provoked him. With the help of Veronica’s unique ability of forgery, she creates suicide notes for each of the murders they committed. Deeper in the movie, the vision of each sociological topic is presented. Starting off, in the very beginning of the movie it is shown of the primary group the main character, Veronica is in. The four of them throughout the movie are all together, going around the lunchroom asking several students for their response in a outlandish question: if they were to inherit a gargantuan amount of money, but at the same time they were told of an impeded alien attack, what would be their following response given the amount of money received? Another instance of this group is in the introduction and again in the beginning of the movie, the group is seen playing a game of croquet. This group does dissolve in the end, however a diyad is seen once JD is introduced, furthering the separation Veronica is front her original primary
There was a time when America was segregated; Caucasians and African Americans were forced to attend different restrooms, restaurants, and water fountains. However, the era of segregation has been terminated; now America embraces and appreciates the various cultures and ethnicities that create this melting pot several people call home. Likewise, it is this melting pot, or mosaic, of races that multitudes of individuals have identified themselves with. Thus, race and ethnicity does matter for it portrays vital and crucial roles in the contemporary American society. Furthermore, ethnicity and race brings communities together in unity, determines which traditions and ideals individuals may choose to value, and imposes an impediment for it categorizes humans unjustly.
In David Brooks’ “People Like Us” passage on the issue of diversity, Brooks takes a personally emotional perspective of the way in which Americans don’t appreciate how diverse our nation is while “relatively homogeneous” (Brooks 136). His argument is weakened, however, through a bias and hypocrisy that his diction conveys. He claims that grouping ourselves with those who we are most alike is in our nature to, and in doing so, we separate ourselves from those who are different. Using certain statistics as evidence, Brooks points out that the social segmentation created by society will always exist.
Historically, the death sentence was often handled with torture, and executions, except that it was done in public. In this century, the death penalty, execution or capital punishment, whatever you’d like to refer it as, is the result for committing capital crimes or capital offences and it is not in public. The death penalty has been practiced by most societies in the past, as a punishment for criminals, and political or religious dissidents. Despite the fact that many countries have negated the death penalty, over half of the world 's population live in nations where executions still take place, such as China, India, the United States and
For this week’s memo, I decided to read “Racial Formations” by Omi and Winant. The reading talks about the meaning of race as being defined and challenged throughout society in both collective and personal practices. It also suggests that racial categories are created, changed, ruined, and renewed. Omi and Winant explore the idea that the conception of race developed progressively, ultimately being created to validate and rationalize inequality. It began with the denial of political rights and extended into the introduction of slavery and other forms of forcible labor.
Racial Formation in the United States by Michael Omi and Howard Winant made me readjust my understanding of race by definition and consider it as a new phenomenon. Through, Omi and Winant fulfilled their purpose of providing an account of how concepts of race are created and transformed, how they become the focus of political conflict, and how they shape and permeate both identities and institutions. I always considered race to be physical characteristic by the complexion of ones’ skin tone and the physical attributes, such as bone structure, hair texture, and facial form. I knew race to be a segregating factor, however I never considered the meaning of race as concept or signification of identity that refers to different types of human bodies, to the perceived corporal and phenotypic makers of difference and the meanings and social practices that are ascribed to these differences, in which in turn create the oppressing dominations of racialization, racial profiling, and racism. (p.111). Again connecting themes from the previous readings, my westernized influences are in a direct correlation to how to the idea of how I see race and the template it has set for the rather automatic patterns of inequalities, marginalization, and difference. I never realized how ubiquitous and evolving race is within the United States.
Race and gender are two facets that inherently dominate individuals everyday lives. A person’s social environment, work environment, and educational environment is congruent to their race and gender. From birth, it has been set up that everyone is assigned to a label. A pink or blue blanket is swaddled around a newborn child and a box is checked signifying that child’s place in society. These two actions ultimately define how a child is to be viewed and treated. As children grow into young adults they either decide to stick with their original assignment, while others decide to deviate from it. These individuals deviation results in many of them being viewed harshly and looked down upon because they strayed from their social norms. This constant cycle of being classified and labeled from birth is the social institution of gender and race. These social institutions aid in the inequality that is present in society, and race and gender are shaped by this. However, if these social institutions were removed, race and gender could dissipate. This is due to the fact that race and gender are not real, but are socially constructed concepts used to organize the power, or dominance, within our society to one social group over the other groups.
On a daily basis one has the ability of witnessing individuals of different social classes interact, mix, and sunder into groups amongst themselves. As one observes people interacting with each
Many, if not most, of the people in today's generation are constantly judged by others and even themselves based on what their identity comprises of. The concept of racial injustice and inequality among ethnic minorities constantly fills the media. Women's rights issues seem to arise rapidly whenever a single female is mistreated in the slightest way. The debate on homosexuality is also an enormous topic in our social lives today, with millions of supporters for it, but also millions against it. This internal segregation within our own human population is nothing new, since it has been continuing ever since verbal and written communication with each other has existed. All these components, and many more, are a huge part of what identifies a
A drug is purposed to induce stupor or insensibility to a person. Insensibility means to lack awareness or concern, which occurs when a drug is taken. People depend on drugs daily, weather it is illegal drugs or provided by a doctor. Soma in Aldous Huxley’s book, Brave New World, is not illegal because the government is ordering the people to take them. However, that does not necessarily make them different to human who consume drugs illegally. Having to consume drugs daily to keep yourself stable is addictive behavior. Some individuals could not imagine life without drugs in the real word, characters in Brave New World could not live without soma either. Soma is normal to the characters. They were taught during hypnopedia, that it is necessary for them to consume so that their system will be stable.
From the ancient ruins of the Olmecs, Aztecs, and Maya to the bandit stories of the legendary Pancho Villa and to the present day of the jaw dropping beaches of Cancun,to consequences to economic struggle. All of these things come together to create a legendary history that many Mexicans and indigenous alike take pride in to this day and they will say that each individual is what mexico is by embracing different types of people, dance, food, song it created a culture like no other and a true blend that created something special.
My pre-adolescent years were spent in a community thick with diversity. My friendships were as diverse as the environment in which I lived. It never struck me that racial and ethnic ideals separated people in society. However, upon moving to a predominately white upper-class community I began to question such racial and ethnic ideas. From my adolescent years through today I began noticing that certain people are viewed differently for reasons relating to race and ethnicity. As a result, the most recent community I grew up in has kept me sheltered from aspects of society. As a product of a community where majorities existed, I found myself unexposed to the full understanding of race and ethnicity. Prior to the class I had never fully dealt with issues of race or ethnicity, as a result I wondered why they would be of any importance in my life.
In Anderson and Collins’, chapter on “Why race, class, and gender still maters” encourage readers to think about the world in their framework of race, class, and gender. They argued that even though society has change and there is a wide range of diversity; race, class and gender still matters. Anderson and Collins stated, “Race, class, and gender matter because they remain the foundation for system of power and inequality that, despite our nation’s diversity, continue to be among the most significant social facts of peoples lives.” (Anderson and Collins, 2010) When I was a little girl, I never knew that people were classified in to groups such as race, class, gender. I knew there were people that had a different color of skin than
When we look at the issue of racism from a politically correct, nineties perspective, evidence of the oppression of black people may be obscured by the ways in which our society deals with the inequalities that still exist. There are no apparent laws that prohibit or limit opportunities for blacks in our society today, yet there is a sense that all things are not fair and equal. How can we acknowledge or just simply note how past ideologies are still perpetuated in our society today? We can examine conditions of the present day in consideration of events in the past, and draw correlations between old and modern modes of
Since the beginning of time it has been human nature to seek community and inclusion, over isolation and separation. We as a species have a need to belong, and it has been theorized that we are fundamentally pack animals. However our ideology of community can harm the individual, putting them at risk of becoming a drone for “higher ranking” members of the group. Lacking free thinking, and only reviewing choices or decisions as a group, limiting the individual's liberal cognitive functioning. But the group as a whole is also at risk of becoming biased, viewing other groups with different ways of thinking, life, or even as simple as skin color as inferior. This correspondingly will lead to the unfair treatment and bigotry of others, and
Despite its deceleration over the past few years, India has become one of the most attractive places to outsource operations for corporations due to several important factors: Its young, well-educated low cost labor (Median age 27, according to the World Fact Book, CIA), the gradual economic liberalization and industry deregulation and their several technical skills are only to mention a few of the characteristics that make, along with China and certain other rising Asian nations, serious candidates for hosting big corporation’s foreign direct investments (Ranker, 2014). But India has had to come a long way to stand to where it is now. Several events throughout history have made the nation struggle, from religious to political issues, from