CRASH

This week in class we have been watching the movie crash. Crash is a great example of racial discrimination throughout the entire movie. There are a bunch of different racial groups and it really puts it in perspective how the American society discriminates towards these different groups. We have been talking about different races in class and how people discriminate towards one another. This movie was showing how no matter how hard you try not to judge people you always have stereotypes in the back of your mind. For example in the movie the white cop was always trying so hard not to discriminate against black people but in the end his stereotypes got to him when the black kid was in his car and his clothes were all ripped and he was reaching in his pants to get something but the cop thought it was a gun. He was stereotyping against him when the whole time he was trying so hard not to. This just shows that no matter how hard you try we are always racial profiling.

Race

This week in sociology we have been talking about race and how there is no biological or scientific way that it can be defined. It's the society that defines it however they want. That would be called social construction of reality.  The society itself bases race off of non biological things such as what kind of food they eat. For example we relate fried rice to Chinese people and fried chicken to black people because that is how our society puts the two together. Also, depending on where you live it could be what we call different races and in other countries people associate different races with different descriptions. We've also talked about explicit racism which is when one racial group thinks they are superior to another racial group because of what they look like or how they act or what they wear all depending on how the society puts them together.

Community service

For my community service I served my ten hours training and working at the bocce ball special Olympics with sal! During the training I was kind of skeptical because no offense it looked a little boring just watching people roll a ball on grass. But I was open minded to the whole thing because I had never done something like this and I was really looking forward to it. I was also nervous because I didn't know what to expect. When we got there we set up the courts and we got assigned out players. It was really fun and I loved seeing how excited this make everyone and how happy they were it made me happy! I would definitely consider doing this again!

Social class

This week in sociology we have been talking about social class again and how people react to others due to their social class. People in lower classes have been shown to be more of the rednecks and live in poor areas. For example Tammy is a great example she is in the lower class and really doesn't have anything she lives in a trailer with four children off of minimum wage that she makes from Burger King. She is barely getting by and trying as hard as she can. Then there are those who are in the higher class who barely do anything and make millions by just that. People who are born into money think they are better then everyone else and I find it disgusting. People need to realize that not everyone has money and it's not easy to live in this country and we need to be sociologically mindful towards those who don't have it so easy.

Social Class

This week in sociology we have been talking about social class and how it can be linked to deviance. We have talked about all the different levels that show what social class you fall into. Depending on how much money you make, your wealth, what kind of education...all these factors come into play. Mainly it's how you have been brought up, depending on where you live, what your parents do all of that. Your parents are a huge part in where you fall because they are the ones paying for your house and your education. So with education..the type you get depends on where you live. Everything is connected and I find it so interesting. Deviance comes into play here by your social class. Mostly those in the lower classes tend to be more deviant by nature because they may not have been brought up the way middle class people have and they may not have as much money or as much education. This is where we need to be sociological mindful of those people who are barely hanging on and those who are barely getting by with what they have.