Groups that have the highest degree of cohesiveness are Molen/family and college friends. Within these groups, I feel that I am bound to these members with a strong attraction because these groups are whom I feel closest to, most comfortable with, and I am more attached to them.
I believe that Molen/family is the most functional group because within that group, we all have social roles that cooperate with each other and spread positivity. Despite that fact that we argue and disagree a lot, at the end of the day, there will always be unconditional love.
The most dysfunctional group would probably be my high school best friends. Although there are plentiful good memories and some individuals I can still call as my best friends, my high school …show more content…
A present day individual who took a minority position in order to influence a group would be Beyonce, an African-American singer/actress. Beyonce is very involved with feminist activism in the music industry as she releases hit singles whose lyrics boldly express feminism pride, such as Flawless and Run the World. "I've always considered myself a feminist, although I was always afraid of that word because people put so much on it. When honestly, it's very simple. It's just a person that believes in equality for men and women. Men and women balance each other out, and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other,” Beyonce says (Hare 2014). In 2016, Beyonce took it to the next level and dropped her latest single, Formation, which is a song that targets Hurricane Katrina, Black Lives Matter movement, and African-American Feminism. The music video illustrates many messages of activism and racial justice: a young, African-American boy confronting a line of White police officers, her daughter, Blue Ivy, stands proudly showing her hair and flaunting ‘black beauty’ and African-American features, lyrics referencing Martin Luther King Jr., and the words “Stop Shooting Us” were written on a wall. I believe that Beyonce was, and always has been, successful on delivering her powerful message as an African-American feminist. She was able to show the world, open up the eyes of many, and educate the nation that African-American women can survive and
I believe that Molen/family is the most functional group because within that group, we all have social roles that cooperate with each other and spread positivity. Despite that fact that we argue and disagree a lot, at the end of the day, there will always be unconditional love.
The most dysfunctional group would probably be my high school best friends. Although there are plentiful good memories and some individuals I can still call as my best friends, my high school …show more content…
A present day individual who took a minority position in order to influence a group would be Beyonce, an African-American singer/actress. Beyonce is very involved with feminist activism in the music industry as she releases hit singles whose lyrics boldly express feminism pride, such as Flawless and Run the World. "I've always considered myself a feminist, although I was always afraid of that word because people put so much on it. When honestly, it's very simple. It's just a person that believes in equality for men and women. Men and women balance each other out, and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other,” Beyonce says (Hare 2014). In 2016, Beyonce took it to the next level and dropped her latest single, Formation, which is a song that targets Hurricane Katrina, Black Lives Matter movement, and African-American Feminism. The music video illustrates many messages of activism and racial justice: a young, African-American boy confronting a line of White police officers, her daughter, Blue Ivy, stands proudly showing her hair and flaunting ‘black beauty’ and African-American features, lyrics referencing Martin Luther King Jr., and the words “Stop Shooting Us” were written on a wall. I believe that Beyonce was, and always has been, successful on delivering her powerful message as an African-American feminist. She was able to show the world, open up the eyes of many, and educate the nation that African-American women can survive and