NACIREMA: UPDATING A CLASSIC TO SEE YOUR OWN CULTURE …
WEBMay 31, 2014 · NACIREMA: UPDATING A CLASSIC TO SEE YOUR OWN CULTURE AS AN OUTSIDER. Nacirema, that “exotic”, far-off place where people do “strange” things is one of the best ways to help students look at American culture as an observer rather than as the standard by which all other cultures should be …
White Trash: The Social Origins of a Stigmatype
WEBJun 21, 2013 · The stigma of white trash remains an active part of our fevered cultural imagination, even as some try to reclaim the phrase as a badge of rebellious honor. But few who use the term today—either proudly or as a shaming slur—seem to know about its deep historical entanglements with the politics of sex, race, and class.
Colorblindness vs. Race-Consciousness—An American Ambivalence
WEBJul 24, 2013 · Colorblindness vs. Race-Consciousness—An American Ambivalence. Meghan A. Burke. Special Feature. July 24, 2013. Consider the setting: a racially diverse urban neighborhood where organizers and most residents take a tremendous amount of pride in their community’s racial diversity. But many still think the black kids in their community don ...
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development: Experiments with Kids
WEBSep 15, 2009 · Jean Piaget, a psychologist who published his most influential works from the late 1920s through the 1950s, is most known for his theory of stages of cognitive development. He suggested a four-stage model that children go through as they develop more complex reasoning skills. Children start out …
The US Census and the social construction of race - The Society …
WEBOct 2, 2015 · Social and biological scientists agree that race and ethnicity are social constructions, not biological categories. The US government, nonetheless, has an official position on what categories are “real.”. You can find them on the Census: These categories, however real they may seem, are actually the product of a long process.
Virginity as a Social Construction - There's Research on That
WEBNov 26, 2019 · Virginity as a Social Construction. Allison Nobles and Amber Joy Powell on November 26, 2019. Research shows that by age 18, 65% of people in the US have had sexual intercourse. Graph via Guttmacher Institute. Recently, the American rapper T.I. acknowledged that he attends gynecological examinations with his …
The Color of Fear - Sociology Source
WEBAug 2, 2010 · The Color of Fear is a emotionally charged film that will leave your students talking and rethinking their perception of the world around them. The film places eight men in a room to talk about race, prejudice, and discrimination. There are two men who are Hispanic, two who are African American, two who are Asian...
Why some people choose synthetic partners over human ones
WEBMar 1, 2022 · Why some people choose synthetic partners over human ones. Single people are often pressured to find a new partner in our “ couple culture,” where the idea that some people might want to be single seems, to many, unthinkable. The benefits to (and limits of) monogamous relationships have long been critiqued by feminist scholars asserting ...
The Danger of a Single Story - Teaching TSP - The Society Pages
WEBSep 20, 2013 · This year I taught Introduction to Sociology. In order to discuss the power of discourse in society, I showed by students Chimamanda Adichie’s 2009 TED Talk called “ The Danger of a Single Story “. My students were enamored. We had a fascinating and engaging discussion about single stories and the ways in which they affected my students’ lives and their engagement with the world around ...
Norms, Normality, and Normativity - Sociological Images - The …
WEBSep 23, 2016 · Norms, Normality, and Normativity. Flashback Friday. Sociologists distinguish between the terms norm, normal, and normative. The norm refers to what is common or frequent. For example, celebrating Christmas is the norm in America. Normal is opposed to abnormal. Even though celebrating Christmas is the norm, it is …