Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving III was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was one of the very few players that changed the game. When he played he electrified the court giving him sense power making him seem like he can do anything on the court. Dr.j went up against some of the Nba’s greatest players like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Clyde Drexler and embarrassed them by dunking on them because of his ridiculous athleticism. While he was playing there was no one that could guard him. He was an unstoppable force that dominated almost every aspect of basketball. The story of Julius erving started on February 22,1950, the day he was born. His dad left him when he was three years old and he has not seen him since. Julius started playing organized basketball at the local Salvation Army Youth Center. He traveled all over Long Island playing basketball and started building a reputation for himself. One his friends that used to play with him on the playground and the hardwood said that “ he was natural at basketball at a young age.” These words would lead to a long a prosperous career in basketball. When he was enrolled as a student at Roosevelt High School he was dominating the court. His friends started calling him the “Professor” but later changed it to the “doctor.” Julius was getting a lot…

Julius Erving is considered to be one of the great individual basketball players of all time. It’s not just his incredible play that makes him special, he symbolizes many things about the start of the golden age of basketball. He symbolizes the divide between the ABA, or streetball, and the NBA. He symbolizes determination and perseverance not just for waiting 7 years for his first NBA title, but for pushing through the deaths of his brother and later his son. Finally he symbolizes a role model…

and Kyle Wiltjer). Carter and Nash both contributed greatly to the development of Canadian basketball, but Vince Carter has been the more superior idol/influence to all Canadian basketball players. Vince Carter is integral to the development of Canadian basketball due to his impeccable record, his notoriety and fame, and his positive impact on basketball that continues to this day. Vincent Lamar Carter Jr. was born on January 26, 1977, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, his parents were…

basketball as a “black sport” which it mostly was after Magic (Evans). After seeing Magic dominate the floor with his unique play style, kids from minority based cities were inspired by Magic’s success, because he also grew up in a city just like them. This led to a new wave of young basketball players of non-white decent. The NBA black population rose in result. The NBA-ABA merger in 1976 caused a decline in viewers for the NBA mostly because of the confusing switch and combination of a lot…

regulation in order to maintain the southern vote. This was an issue because it insinuated a return to racist policies throughout the south. With such policies, black people engaged in both basketball and hip-hop to unify and to strengthen their culture while disconnecting from mainstream society. Soon after Kurtis Blow erupted on the scene, NWA, “Nigga’s With Attitude”, united in the late eighties. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were key members of this group and both had an affinity for basketball. At…

Randall Collins’ piece, “Interaction Ritual Theory,” draws on the works of Erving Goffman and Émile Durkheim. He presents a theory of social interaction on the basis of the emotions and rituals that they bring. Interaction ritual theory explains that interactions either produce or exhaust “emotional energy” which is “what individuals seek” (Collins, 2004, p. 604, 606). Collins states that, “everyday life is the experience of moving through a chain of interaction rituals, changing up some symbols…

Social Dramaturgical model According to the dramaturgical model, people in social sphere behave the same manner as they do in a stage, with a fixed way of behaving in the “front stage” and different in the back stage. In the front stage, which involves interaction with the physical and social surroundings, people present themselves in the manner they plan on showcasing themselves as. In the backstage people behave as they would in absence of an audience (Goffman, Erving. "The presentation of…

Born on March 16th 1931, Brazilian director, writer and politician Augusto Boal was the founder of “Theatre of the Oppressed.” Boal strongly believed that each human is a theatre within themselves, each person is an actor, and also a spectator. Through watching our own course of actions, we are able to amend them to have a different impact and a change to the world we live in. Theatre of the Opressed is for, by and about the people, and Boal wanted the audience (spect-actors) to analyse the…

stages to the realization of the impact significant others have on the self. The first stage, the preparatory stage, is when young children imitate the people around them and gradually start to attach those actions and words to meanings. Furthermore, they learn to use symbols to communicate with others. In the second stage, the play stage, these children grow older and learn to role play. At this point, they are more familiar with the idea of social positions and relationships in society.…

A.) Conflict Theory / pg.27: Theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources After watching this video I realized that there was a conflict theory going on in these "mega slums". One of the biggest resources that is most competed for is water. Water is so scarce and is distributed unevenly throughout the slums of Dharavi. It 's causing many conflicts. The allocation of water resources is also an issue. More water from the dams is…