The Media’s Criminalization of Black Men
This video is a perfect example of Mills’ idea about “psychological illiteracy that is facilitated by the media” (311). With this idea, he explains that “very little of what we think we know of the...
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The Stigma Attached to Having Tattoos Being Labeled as 8220;deviant”
Upon first glance, how would you “label” the man in this photo? In his book, “Stigma: Notes on the Management of a Spoiled Identity,” Erving Goffman refers to the Greeks’ definition of “stigma” as...
View ArticleUsing Spoken Word to Challenge Today’s 8220;racialized Social System”
Super Negro – Al B Back This is a video of Def Jam spoken word poet, Al B Back, reciting his poem, “Super Negro.” Here, he presents a satire of the racial prejudices he has encountered as a black man...
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Halloween Costume or 8220;hipster”
Ethnomethodology, a term created by sociologist Harold Garfinkel, focuses on how members of society have created and maintained the “ordered social world in which they live.” This includes their...
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The Racialized Results of a Google Images Search
These are screenshots of the photos that were displayed after I searched “criminal white man” and “criminal black man” on Google images. In the “criminal white man” results, there are only two real...
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8220;wise” Commentary on Angela Davis
(Click on title to view post) This past week, I had the opportunity to see two esteemed scholars on race and politics discuss injustice, inequality, and social change. I attended an event co-hosted...
View Article8220;black Feminist Thought” in Billie Holiday’s Music
You Let Me Down – Billie Holiday After our recent readings about race and feminism, I thought it would be appropriate to introduce black feminist sociologist Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black...
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The Link Between The Private Prison Industry And The School-to-prison...
Dirty Durkheim’s Group Project (part of blog series) – PLEASE READ AND RESPOND! If the notion of punishment as a source of potentially stupendous profits is disturbing by itself, then the strategic...
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Society’s View of Privatization And Youth of Color Are There Implications
(Privatization/Youth Part 2) Dirty Durkheim’s Group Project (part of blog series) — PLEASE READ AND RESPOND! Society’s View of Privatizing Juvenile Facilities Whether the industry explicitly says it...
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8220;education Not Incarceration!” Are Prisons False Needs
I took this photo outside of Chuco’s Justice Center, which is a youth and community space, located in Inglewood, that works to challenge criminalizing youth of color, police brutality, and the...
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