Racism And Sociological Inequality

Sociological Imaginations with Racism, Sexism and Inequality According to the definition in the textbook, it defines sociological imagination as “the application of imaginative thought to the asking and answering of sociological questions” (Giddens, A., A10, 2016). Sociological imagination is the ability to see and to understand the different social factors and changes on individuals’ private and public lives. Sociological imagination demonstrates the need for people to be able to have a broader view of the nature and the environment. According to “Essentials of Sociology”, the authors Anthony Giddens and Mitchell Duneier refer a quote from the sociologist C. Wright Mills, and she mentions that sociological imagination requires people to “think themselves away” from their daily routines so that they can relook at them with a new version (Giddens, A., P.33, 2016). Sociology imagination is the way …show more content…
Lecture Slices 8-9, 2016), and different social stratifications are based on different factors, such as race and gender. According to the textbook, it gives a concept of racism as “a system of domination that operates in social processes and social institutions; others see it as operating in the individual consciousness. In other words, racism is the system of belief that one person can be either superior or inferior to another solely based on their race. I watched a video on YouTube, and the video is called, “Cuz He’s Black”, by Javon Johnson, and in the video, it talks about how poor black boys are treated as problems, well before they treated as people. Jovon Johnson admonished his nephew from hiding while confronted his irresolute feelings between police and black men, and he also provides a unique opportunity to examine the effects of social institutions in the socialization