Elijah Anderson's Two Codes Summary

Anderson’s Two Codes According to Henslin, sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior. According to Doctor Heck, sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior; studies processes and patterns of individual and group interaction. Elijah Anderson, a leading sociologist in urban ethnography, is the author of the Code of the Street. Code of the Street is a book about the reason behind violence in inner-city black America and the code that regulates it. He starts by introducing us to Germantown Avenue, an avenue in Philadelphia. He then writes about the two codes followed by residents of different neighborhoods along Germantown Avenue, the code of civility and the code of the street.
The code of civility is the code based on the law, courtesy, and politeness. Middle- class people, upper-class people, and educated people tend to follow the code of civility. In poorer neighborhoods, decent parents teach their children both the code of civility and the code of the street. The children then learn to code switch between the code of civility and the code of the street. The code of the street, on the other hand, is regulated by the threat of violence. Poorer and uneducated families tend to be more inclined towards the code of the street.
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They emphasize being nice to other people and avoiding conflict especially of the physical kind with other people at all costs. They always tell us that we should prioritize getting good grades and doing well in golf instead of trying to fit in with people who do not like us for who we are. My mom has very strict rules about certain things like getting within the top ten of our class for every exam, not talking back, paying attention in class, keeping our rooms clean and finishing our homework on time. She leans towards negative social control method such as caning and punishments like taking away our