American sociologists

“EASY RIDER” represent the times during late 1960’s in the United States, where for the large part of the young generation the future in front of them was not different from the path to dystopia. The movie tagline: “A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere”, represent to highest level that path. Those were the times of social revolution, awakening of the youth generation from times of innocence and hope, brutally exposed by the truth of the Vietnam war, traditionalism and…

Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence Ryllie Quesada Sociology 361 Professor Mario Cano November 18th, 2016 Part 1 In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller shows readers a compelling picture of the dreadful issue that effects society and travels through how complex and pitiful violence is connected to the everyday lives of people in poor urban neighborhoods. Pulling from interviews with 75 different girls and boys. Jody Miller gives an…

There are many black writers who have been interested in the cause of the cultural emancipation of the African Americans. They also had a stand against the slavery system and the unjust American society. Resultantly, that Harlem became the sacred place of the Negro and the center of the black community in America. The Harlem community becames the center and the Godfather for African American people. Many stories of protest and struggle were written by writers and black critics, some of them…

In his article, The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates insists that “until Americans reckon with their compounding moral debts, America will never be whole”. He writes that after four hundred thirty-five years of racial injustice towards the African American community, the American government owes them. The slavery and slave-like conditions people were put in is something The United States should and will be ashamed of until the end of time. The horrific experiences and tragedies people…

black women were trying so to keep the family afloat and together, and they were seen as arrogant. They were even said to be unhealthy towards black men due to their demand and order they would bark out towards their spouses. She exclaims that many sociologist and philosophies that report on black women slaves during the time make her furious. They don’t report correctly in her eyes and they give these women a bad rap. These Deborah Gray White believe gave these women a negative view because…

A prime example for Johnson’s work includes the racial prejudices towards African Americans. (Johnson 2014) Many of the attitudes that are associated with these groups of people leave a negative stigma on them. Consequently, they are judged as a group instead of individuals. This then create a path of least resistance in society. According…

The word “ghetto” is a word that academics and sociologists have been applying to certain parts of the world. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were confined and segregated. The most common ghetto is a black ghetto; it is more spread all over the United States. It is an area usually characterized by poverty and poor living conditions, which constitutes racial specialization; housing many people of a similar religion, race or nationality. A…

disadvantaged to some extent. I am an eighteen-year-old Black, heterosexual, female. I am a Christian and a citizen of the United States of America who grew up in the middle class. I possess qualities that show both privilege and disadvantages in American society. During the third week of class, a comprehensive list was made of what it means to be privileged in the United States today. This list included things such as “not recognizing you are privileged”, “being the “The Default””, “being…

While many point to Asian-Americans and ultimately Japanese-Americans as examples of successful minorities in America, the fact remains that although they may be prosperous in terms of economic stability, compared to that of other minority groups, they are nowhere close to equality. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s played a major role in the transition of Japanese Americans views. Japanese and Chinese entrepreneurship as well as their high education rates were used as proof that colored…

sweeping under the rug. However, this problem is not brand new; it has only escalated. Racial discrimination began in the times of slavery and has been an issue since—well forever. The discrimination has been toughest on minorities—like the African-American community. Along with the racial discrimination from society itself, some police and law enforcement figures have often abused their power and taken advantage of their place in the majority race. There are countless cases that have involved…