The news of police officers murdering unarmed black children is a social issue that can be explained using conflict perspective. While the killing of police officers by citizens is a problem that the interactionist perspective can provide better insight on. Both social issues could be examined by either perspective but a stronger understanding of the issues will be achieved by looking through the lenses of the two. Conflict perspective views society as “characterized by tension and struggle between groups” and there is undoubtedly tension between whites and blacks in America stemming from centuries of societal inequality. The social order of America has allowed white people to remain on the top strata since its the founding. Of course, this
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Furthermore, those in power wouldn’t risk going against the individuals tasked with upholding the laws they created, that in itself is paradoxical. But it’s also believed that “change takes place all the time and may have positive consequences” so the protests involving thousands who are marching for justice in America not only follows the conflict perspective it also connects the interactionist perspective. Individuals are uniting to protest injustice, while playing an active role in “influencing and affecting everyday social interaction”. Unfortunately, other forms of protest, like the targeting of police officers is not surprising, viewing it from an interactionist point of view where “people respect laws or disobey them based on their own past experiences”. Now an armed man with a past full of arrests and convictions murders two police officers, creating even more tension between police officers and those they are sworn to protect. By analyzing the individuals in this tragic event it’s easy to recognize the black man who killed the officers was a lifelong criminal; but that would have been missed if one were to analyze this incident with a solely …show more content…
(Reporter), & Curry, A. (Anchor). (2014, June 3). Put Down That Smartphone! Finding Ways to Disconnect. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News.
4. How does our cultural variation cause social problems? Please explain and give examples. How does our cultural variation enrich our culture and produce innovation and progress? Please explain and give examples.Thompson, A. (Reporter), & Williams, B. (Anchor). (2012, May 17). Young Minorities Become the Majority. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. (APA format) Mott, R. (Reporter), & Williams, B. (Anchor). (2010, September 9). Christian Church in Tennessee Gives Their Muslim Neighbors a Place to Pray. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly
Furthermore, those in power wouldn’t risk going against the individuals tasked with upholding the laws they created, that in itself is paradoxical. But it’s also believed that “change takes place all the time and may have positive consequences” so the protests involving thousands who are marching for justice in America not only follows the conflict perspective it also connects the interactionist perspective. Individuals are uniting to protest injustice, while playing an active role in “influencing and affecting everyday social interaction”. Unfortunately, other forms of protest, like the targeting of police officers is not surprising, viewing it from an interactionist point of view where “people respect laws or disobey them based on their own past experiences”. Now an armed man with a past full of arrests and convictions murders two police officers, creating even more tension between police officers and those they are sworn to protect. By analyzing the individuals in this tragic event it’s easy to recognize the black man who killed the officers was a lifelong criminal; but that would have been missed if one were to analyze this incident with a solely …show more content…
(Reporter), & Curry, A. (Anchor). (2014, June 3). Put Down That Smartphone! Finding Ways to Disconnect. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News.
4. How does our cultural variation cause social problems? Please explain and give examples. How does our cultural variation enrich our culture and produce innovation and progress? Please explain and give examples.Thompson, A. (Reporter), & Williams, B. (Anchor). (2012, May 17). Young Minorities Become the Majority. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. (APA format) Mott, R. (Reporter), & Williams, B. (Anchor). (2010, September 9). Christian Church in Tennessee Gives Their Muslim Neighbors a Place to Pray. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly