What did you learn about the social construction of deviance from these articles?

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The Social Construction of Deviance

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/11/347143588/sagging-pants-and-the-long-history-of-dangerous-street-fashion

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geraldo-rivera-trayvon-martin-hoodie_n_1375080

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/01/23/texas-dreadlocks-suspension/

https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/pachuco/

 

  1. What did you learn about the social construction of deviance from these articles?
  2. How can you use what you learned from these articles to explain the ways in which deviance is relative to the contexts of time, place, culture, etc.?
  3. Aside from those discussed in these articles, what are some other examples (current or historic) of this social construction of deviance?
  4. In the past those in power have attempted to legislate morality in an attempt to address behaviors that were deemed to be deviant. What attempts to legislate morality can you think of in the past and today?
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