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 ??

Socialization

we are all socialized in different ways, and different aspects of our life effect the way this process occurs, many people believe different theory's set up the framework for how the socialization process occurs but most of them are western minded and don't take into account different ways kids grow up even here in america and around the world they also don't take into account class, race, and gender witch are key components into the way the socialization process happens, and continues to happen throughout your life.

so i watched these two videos. The first one was called "killing us softly" Jean Kilbourne explains that advertising creates this sense of dehuminzation and struggle in a woman's life, it creates this ideal picture that is impossible to obtain. advertisement is used to sell products but it influences out morals, values, and taught process, if we know it or not...its a scheme called target advertising their talking about you, or a person you believe is in your same situation and you start to believe what the add is saying...kilbourne explains this is seen in young teenage/adult woman who continue to try and meet this perfect look because add's are saying or portraying them as to fat, breast to little, but to small, etc...the part that stuck out to me was when she explained that advertisement create this idea of passivity and turn woman into objects. she shows examples of woman being labeled as alcohol bottles, and then she shows a variety of add's with woman and their hands on their mouth and covered up faces with words that portrayed them as just another thing, as gold diggers, one add with an African american woman said she should be "Barely their"...and these things go to show that woman are socialized in a different way threw forms of pop culture and media and it disproves some theory's that talk about were socialized at a young age because this is a process witch goes on forever.

now kilbourne also says their are some stereotypes that effect men but it doesn't attack their body like it does woman...in my mind this creates the ideas of feminine and masculine in society and create theses ideas into norms...tony porter explains in a ted talk session what his experience of being socialized as a man was and how he experienced it threw his "man box" he explains how society creates this idea around men as being superior, but also violent, and demanding...that men should see woman as property and not a person he explains a situation when he was a child and lied about having sex with a female because his man card was in jeopardy he understood and felt bad for what he had just done but it stirred thoughts in his mind about society and how its formulated from a mans perspective...he says we should reconceptualize what it is to be a man the way we act and also raise our children to stop things like men violence against woman witch he says is at epidemic all times high...one thing that stood out that he said was "my liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman" and that is a proper form of socialization in my eyes... <(^^)>...(...)

       

society

i believe society is made up by the role's complicit within it and who are allowed to preform these roles. all social institutions and structures are formed because of someone holding a subordinate role and superordinate role...in our society and the world today and threw history their has been many movements trying to change the ideology's behind how roles are preformed...Paulo Freire explains in his book pedagogy of the oppressed that the oppressed to be liberated need to engage in a sort of dialogue they must be at the forefront of the art of liberation but he also says that the oppressor must realize his similarity to those who are oppressed for true change to emerge...this identity of oppressed and oppressor is shown within roles that are played in society even though Freire in his book gives an example of student-teacher it doesn't stop at things like child-parent he sets up this metaphor that criticizes the framework in witch society is set...the metaphor is seen in politics movements like occupy wall street have arisen in direct opposition to capitalism within america they are attacking the foundation in witch roles are set...even though the movement isn't clear with their motives a role change is pertinent within their needs/wants they would love for the 1% and 99% not to switch places but to become complicit with oppression that capitalism causes not only to us but around the world...that is just one example of how role effect society on a level of universality and globalization because capitalism is every were not saying that is the only "ism" that causes violence but it is something that people around the world critic and try to "break down" and most of the demand/needs of the people who do it are based on role performance  within the social institutions and structures that continue complicity with a system that may or may not cause harm to people...

cultural outlook

     


culture...the idea's and belief's that individuals develop about the world...being from Dominican republic one norm/element of my culture that i grew up with was every morning saying "suong mami" or "suong papi" (don't know if i spelled it correctly lol)... that is a form of "non-material" culture witch are the ideas and belief that people develop about their lives and world that differs from material culture witch are physical things people make and use in the physical environment they inhabitant an example of that may be the current culture of the u.s. is technology i.e. everyone has laptops, and cell phones and are on Facebook most of the time... the other elements that make up culture along with norms are material culture, symbols, language, ritual's, and value's now even though person's may be from the same area they and may share some of the same aspects of culture human experience differs from every individual...within cultures their are sub cultures and counter cultures both of these allow for culture as an entity of itself to become diverse in a lot of different aspects but this may backlash if it causes culture shock...their are a lot of subsets within culture that can be determined by the elements some things that fall into these categories are found in the first picture...me being Dominican a cuisine that my country eats a lot is fried plantains and sometimes my mother mashes them and makes something called "mangu"...dance/music is another thing that may Dominicans and other native Spanish countries coin as a big developer of their culture from reggaeton to salsa and bachata their are also many festivals and fun street life in parts of the Dominican republic that express some what of a national culture their...the second picture takes more of a societal view of how culture effects the individual it put the "paradigm" or way of thinking at the center of the equation and then allows for the viewing of how that affects not only culture i.e. rituals/routines and stories but also control systems and power structures...

i leave you with this how does your culture shape your reality?? what outlook does that give you on society?? and do you think it may cloud you from the chaos/order dichotomy that society holds itself to...

<(^^)> ...sorry blog assignment was late lol =)

international "relations"

i learned about this in 2007 when my high school debate topic was how should the united states federal government increase its aid to Africa (most affirmatives speaking about how we should solve or increase u.s. A.I.D. to try and solve the child soldiers problem

glad to see people taking a interest in international "relations" even though the u.s. isn't really trying to get involved

KONY 2012!!!! (great movement, with a great cause...sometimes i'am not hopefully in social movements like this maybe because i see a lot of chaos within our current society and the different society's of the world but my  sociological imagination allows me to see both chaos and the ability for order in situations of this caliber)

works of art... <(^^)>

Who am I? O.o

    what makes up my person is my mentality i feel as if the way i see things shapes my outlook on the world...i see things in a weird way where everything has to link to something else even if sometimes it seems illogical i try and connect everything that goes on to another "intersection" of life i wouldn't say i always look at things threw this lens but i try to usually its more individual but when i engage in conversation it may become societal or in/with certain groups and places i interact with in my life, i also feel as if my personality makes me as well i try not to be shy and express my self in different outlets...


some influences i have in my life are my parents because they seem happy and when i get older i would like to feel the same way, another influence is education i feel as if i'am always learning and feel the urge to get taught more and more because the deeper my horizon is the better i can understand is one of my favorite quotes by a author i read called paulo friere is "education either functions as a tool of conformity, or it becomes a practice of liberation" and i feel as it education can liberate me from most "shackles" of limitations i'am faced with and education doesn't stop nor begin only in a class room...


some of the goals i have in life are to become a history teacher and move on to law school to become a lawyer while i coach a high school or college policy debate team...


some purposes i believe i have in life are to take care of my mom when she cant do it for herself, to get my education, and to strive/achieve happiness and success as i see fit...


sorry if i sound like i am rambling lol <(^^)>