Conformity And Deviance Analysis

In the past the phrase, “inner cities” has been used for years being a very popular term in the 1960’s and 1970’s to describe the run down parts of major cities. These descriptions had many negative connotations and many times have different demographic stereotypes related to them. In the past week during the presidential debate Donald Trump made a comment on the danger of inner cities which sparked a conversation about how inner cities have become city and how the term in itself is dated. Two phenomenon that prove that inner cities are no longer the big problem that Trump makes them sound is Urbanization, and the crime trends.

During the Second presidential debate of 2016 Donald Trump made a comment saying that inner cities are, “a disaster …show more content…
There has been great debate lately over cultural appropriation which has brought up the topics of conformity and deviance. One school is Africa is getting their black students in trouble and claiming they aren’t up holding the study dress code by keeping their hair natural. The concepts of conformity and deviance illustrate a better picture of why this is such a big deal and why the students should be allowed to keep their hair natural.

At Pretoria Girls High School in South Africa many of the female black students have been told that they have to get rid of their afros and straighten their hair for school. The school I trying to get the students to conform and discourage them from living out their African Identity. (BBC 2016) In the code of conduct as listed by the school there are rule about having neatly kept hair but nowhere does it restrict the afro hair, but students still report that they are forbidden to have this hair style. Students at this school are also getting in trouble for speaking their native languages at school. Many rules at this school are trying to restrict the African