had a great semester with all of you guys a really fun class that expanded my knowledge of society and the invisible/seen social structures that make us who we are and shape the way we think/interact and are interacted with...you all are a cool bunch of people that i would love to take other classes with on my road to academic success at bmcc wish all of yahh the best of luck in all future actions...even though imma see yall on tuesday hit me up and say wassup if u see me in bmcc dont be a stranger cause class is over lol...im not gonna put my phone number up here but my personal email is jormanxyz@aol.com so link me if u want my number or anything...good luck all yahh in life #swag <(^^)>...(...)

understanding sexual orientation

this article brings into account how sexual orientation is manifested within the individual psyche...when i see this article it takes me back to the discussion in class of groups and sub groups or culture and counter culture not that the article portrays heterosexuals as the norm but that is what society does the article out lines heterosexuals as one homosexuals as another and bisexual as another that falls in the middle of this spectrum/binary if you want to call it that...the article makes an argument that homosexuals are distinct in personality than heterosexuals that they go deeper in the process of finding a sexual partner because they must base their decision on different ideals not just the totality or the surface of that individual also how they look at different occupations and activities in a different way as well...this article made me look at sexuality differently and made me think the socialization process is different in the mind of a bisexual or homosexual individual...now this article could be criticed and said they are speaking from a position that shows a default in homosexuality from the lens of the dominate culture but it can also be said to show the understanding of difference between the socialization process between individuals and how they interact with the society they live in....is it deviance or just a way of living ??...this goes agaisnt what the video "tough guise" intails because it says all men are brought up this way and are socialized in a certain manner but even if this article is of the lens of the dominate norm it still shows that some men/woman...fall in another spectrum of dominance and act as a force to deconstruct these norms and procedures that may cause violence in our society i.e. hatred of gays, woman, non acceptance of "difference" and the over arching structure of patriarchy....(...)

how did Jews become white folk article #2

after reading this article it made me think of how a history of a certain group can change threw forms of assimilation, but also how early Jews and euro Americans went from living in one social stratification system to developing a place in a complete other that saw them differently...the article speaks about how they over came the label of immigrant and became embedded into american society ultimately becoming part of this culture being labeled "white"... this article highlights the power race plays in the stratification system because euro Americans like Jews and others got more help from social services and were able to move up in the social stratification system faster than black's/african Americans were this proves that their are forms of hidden institutional racism witch allows for the social stratitification system to remain the same i.e. rich being rich and poor being poor and limiting social mobility besides social services education witch can be labled as many things also played a huge role in the process of social mobility of jews...on a general note it plays a huge role of the process of mobility for alot of different people in society but yeah threw forms of aid/assistance and the process of education jews began to assimilate into the dominate american culture and became white folk...on a personal opinion i think jews are maybe the only ethnic group that diddnt have to fully assimilate into society to be accepted but thats debateable...(...)

People Like Us: stratification

people like us was an interesting watch...was en~lighting to hear peoples opinions and perspectives on the types of social classes in society, and how we are labeled...this creates and continues this hierarchy in society were the dominate class stays on top where as the ones at the bottom stays their this leads into one central idea in the video can people move through this system of social stratification, it's not impossible but in the world of the person experiencing poverty or in a lower class situation it becomes hard to move threw this system after you are socialized and labeled at birth a certain way

beyond black and white (article #1)

this article was speaking from a perspective i thought it would when i choose it in class...the article "beyond black and white: remaking race in america" speaks about before and after the year 2000 census...after the year 2000 census familys had the ability to label their child as more than one race that posits a problem with the census's that came before what would a black father and white mother or Asian, or Hispanic mother and white father label their child as at this point, they would have to choose one either black or white....their are two founding ideas in this article "why does this matter" and "what does it do"... before this article i diddnt really understand why it matters after reading i learned it matters because it helps check back forms of institutional racism after sociologist and other political theorist can see what race's in america receive what benefits witch leads into the internal link of helping legislation and giving matters of race a forefront in politics thats one of the main reasons why this happened and matters in society now as you hear potential candidates talking about issues that not only interest them but "the people"...now the question of "what does it do" came to me not only from the article but from my debate team back~round choosing this article to read i had an idea of what it was going to speak about and it did...the huge thing this does to race in america and why it remakes it not only in politics but on a socio-economic level is it breaks down what is called this "black white paradigm" were we posit blackness vs whiteness or black and white as the only race's in america this is one reason why it is key in politics but also why it is key to increase awareness of multicultural practices in the united states and how the dominate culture is not white and the "other" or lower is not black...it is a really deep concept and the breaking of this concept is key to breaking down racial injustice in america and allowing culture to seep into our every day lives and not be hidden in stereotypes or labels we allow society to give us....<(^^)>

Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor: ironic isn't it

According to Herbert J. Gans in his article positive functions of the undeserving poor thoses who are part of the lower class contribute to society...this is related closely to Durkheim theory (sorry if i spelled his name wrong lol) that everyone and thing has its own role in society now even if some of these "functions" the poor do in society may be seen as positive like the taking of some jobs over others but the tittle also shows the inherent contradiction in the stratification system that these things that come from it are positive it also allows other factors that Durkheim and other theorist overlooked like what role what racism play in this system or the role gender plays and now only how these are perceived but how stereotypes are placed to allow the not so positive parts of being poor in society...this type of foundation for thinking of the poor also doesn't want us to attempt to solve for the negative effects of poverty and these reactions would stop the effort to deconstruct poverty witch is probably more bad than good...it expands racial and hierarchy's in society based on a bunch of different constructs and the way people look at the poor...and you also must question what position this outlook comes from is it one from privilege or one from poverty...ask yourself or ask a person in poverty is it all positive ??

deviance...justified or not...(...)

 deviance: breaking a socil rule, or refusing to follow one...now we all are guilty of acking in deviant manners on/in many levels of our life even if the ack of deviance was small and doesnt seem like it effected anything...now crime is an act law makers considers bad enough to warrant, jounal, sanction...now their is something connecting these two things that alot of people might not understand on the first go around...the art of power both deviance and crime are a reaction to something a norm a value or even a belief someone might have, but all of this stemmed off of a certain locus this ties into the issue of conformty and social control theses means acceptable behavior that vary by culture etc... but sometimes these might not be direct reactions to a law/rule but a reaction to who has the right to make things acceptable...movements in history prove forms of deviance and the law has either been used to accept this deviance and try to acknowledge and change wrong doings or label it as crime and take reprocussions recreating this power struggle some of theses actions were going agaisnt in the first place...some examples of this may be the black panthers, civil rights movement, occupy wall street, even the movements in the "arab spring"... so are all forms of deviance evil or are some justifyied ??