Example Of Sociological Analysis

Socialization is learning the customs, attitudes, ad values of a social group, community or culture. Socialization can be influenced or enforced by family, school and peers. I know most off my beliefs, values and identity systems have been composed from my family, school, peers, and life experiences. My Family plays a big part on how I see other people and society. My religious views were also shaped by my family. I was raised catholic, but I never once heard my mom speak ill on other religious and their followers. She always made me feel like I could pick what I wanted to believe in. My mom’s lack of education always caused her to influence me to pursue a higher education for myself. She would always say this “I didn’t cross the desert six …show more content…
My peers with in the school have also shaped my identity and views. Ever since I arrived from my grandma’s house in Mexico. I relied on my school and peers to integrate into this country. I learned social customs, language, and new holidays from my school and peers. For example, I learned to be patriotic to this country by saying the pledge of allegiance every day. From my peers and teachers I learned that America was very religious, which seem to cater protestant followers only. Growing up I never told anyone I was catholic. When I had told one of my friends I was; she shunned it because her parents had told her so. I tried to be as normal as possible and fit in with everyone else. The school system I grew up in was also very conservative and they were predominately white. This meaning three black students and four Latino students including myself graduated from our class. This being said I experienced a lot of prejudices in politics and religion as well as racial prejudices from my peers. I remember in middle school I wasn’t allowed to go to one of my friend’s house, her parents didn’t like me because I was Mexican. My belief system was steered to be conservative and protestant with prejudices instilled in me. Hence, I was made to feel like an outcast; this helped shape my beliefs in how I should treat others who were different from me. It also thought me to be a very open minded person, when it came to religious beliefs, politics and different people. As I got older and met different people in college and other towns besides the one I grew up in. I realized that its ok to be different and some people have thought me to be more open about what I truly belief in instead of hiding who I am to fit in. Since then, I have never kept my mouth closed, when I hear someone being racist or ignorant towards any issue that I have knowledge