Social Class

In sociology we learn that its very hard to change social class. If youring the working class you most likely will stay there or you could move up or down the ladder depending on your choices. For example I will probably stay in the upper middle class because my parents force me to be a certain way. They make sure I get good grades in high school and that I will be able to go to college. I wont have to worry too much about college tutition becuase my parents will help me which in turn makes less debts i'll have to pay after college. Then they'll make sure I get a good paying job and help me make sure I am ok and that I stay an upper middle class adult. It's so hard to think that poor people in the reading work so hard at their jobs but they cant even make enough money to feed and have housing. Social class needs to change so that others can have a better standard of living.

The END

I have changed over the past semester. I have become more aware of my actions and what I say does matter. Also that racial slurs need to stop because they are wrong and we need to start accepting everyone for who they are. Also I noticed that my parents influence me a lot more than I thought. My parents have taught me everything and I have been social constructed to think a certain way but i'm trying to stop that. It's Amazing sociology is everywhere and you would never think that just sitting and watching otheres could be so entertaining and also weird because you have been forced since you were born to keep moving, keep on doing something and to not stop. FRom now on i'm gonna stop more and make sure I don't fall into the busyness of life. I really wish their was more sociology classes at stevenson because this has sparked my interest as to why people think the way that they do.

Crash

After watching the movie Crash I realized that no matter how hard we try to stop with the racial stereotyping we will never be able to stop. We can't stop because we are taught since we are born what to think of other people with different skin colors than our own. It's ridiculous to think that people have changed their racial stereotypes. No matter how hard we try it seems people will never be fully accepting of one another because we are so focused on the way each mother looks no one tries to find the person behind the skin. Crash was just another example of where we see racial slurs but in an extreme example. In life it could be the little things your dad might say to you or something a friend says to you. You need to speak up and change their minds because they were told to think this way but its wrong and just haults progress for equality for all.

Will you win the Race?

What is race? Is it your skin tone? Is it the way you look? Is it who your parents are? Most people think that race is based on all this that you have to be categorized into a specific race. That you are either black or white or hispanice or native american or asian. As of the past few years Jews were never considered white they were considered their own race category of Jews. Now most jews are considered white because they fought to be considered white. White is supposedly the pure culture and all others are unpure. Hispanics even fought to be considered white hispanics instead of being a seperate category. In Brazil you can change your race by providing evidence that you are a different race. For example if someone is viewed as black they can change to become white by providing evidence that maybe their mom or grnadma was white so that therefore makes them white. Also in Brazil your family can be made up of different races. For example you could be considered asian but your sister could be white and one of your parents is white and the other asian. Race is made up and doesnt really existed biologically. Race is based on peoples perceptions of others. Race is just another way to divide people even more.

Courtroom 302

In Courtroom 302 it was about guards mentally pressuring the inmates. The guards use yelling and scare tactics to make the prisoners scared of them. If they are scareds then they wont fight back. Also so the few guards dont get hurt by the inmates. It's very degrading to be an inmate because you must do what your told or you get hit. I would never want to be put in prison.