Ferguson Articles

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-kids were not part of the collective conscience at the school, lack of social solidarity - symbolic interaction- because they were labeled as outcasts, and internalized this Teenage Wasteland""labeled to death"

Employer always felt that the women that worked for him just flaked, did not see their larger social forces which he was apart of -privileged women use women of another class to escape aspects of sexism -house work is divided on the basis of gender and can be divided ever more among class lines -symbolic interaction- the roles of the maids were different from the roles of the children

-they rationalize with the idea meritocracies, keep the little man down

CONFLICT THEORY Classes: Bourgeoisie is trying to suppress the proletariat History is dictated by class struggles - capitalists exploit society through the myth of meritocracy. They own the means of production - control wages, division of labor - hiring people who will work for lower wages Capitalism is taking over the world Bourgeoisie lower wages to appease proletariat, but not too much

-social construction of illness -social deviance and stigma of mental illness -labeling theory - individuals label particular acts as deviant and others as normal found that labeling people with diagnosis did a lot more harm than good. Their mental illness became a master status a prism in which their behaviors and actions were distorted to fit the criteria of their label. Hospital staff twisted the patients "normal" life histories into evidence of instability and turmoil- supporting their diagnosis. These labels are enduring and harmful. Patients also start to internalize their diagnosis and how they are treated because of it- (symbolic interaction) and start to act accordingly. Label becomes "master status"

Craig Haney, W. Curtis, Banks, Philip G Zimbardo -people taking on roles even when they are fake thomas theorem -symbolic interactionism

-male domination -reconstruction of gender roles and power relations -social distancing techniques

"consists of people doing something in line with their understanding of what one might do under given circumstances"

-worry about the wrong hings -there is money to is to made in fear -when people are scared, out social solidarity increases -conflict theorist

-cultural leveling -colonization and commodification of another culture (conflict theory)

how parents socialize their children to gender norms -girls can do more masculinity actives, but men cannot, idea of hegemonic masculinity

power of socialization understood racial construction in their society -symbolic interaction, define others and define themselves

middle class family, law students, learning new social norms and behaviors, passing adopt beliefs of the new culture

-socialization, total institutions, tear them down, build them up -warrior image associated with masculinity-die for each other

-we define ourselves by being a part of certain groups, but with the ungroup anybody can join and not necessarily participate no there is no exclusivity, there is no meaning, there is no identity, there is no self. symbolic interaction- gives people an opportunity to control how people perceive them

elementary school cliques, hierarchies, socialization in primary groups, status and roles

-reproduction of inequality between workers and customers -differences in how people are treated base on race -race tells you how to interact

deviance -labeling theory -over conformity -social construct of deviant identity -master status -self fulfilling prophecy, internalization, SI

-environments are conducive to rape culture, all male environment, the problem is not men it is masculinity

-ANOMIE -when they got rid of the hierarchy there was no one to socialize the new people, lack of social solidarity, there was no collective conscience.

The power elite- corporate, military, political- all connected, affect everyone make decisions that benefit each other -instituting affect the shaping of culture (remove father and son from the family)

Minorities included in the power elite -high class origins, elite educations, lighter skin, identity management -it reinforces the class structure -white people have advantages, and a capacity to pass on their wealth TOKEN who are examples that it is possible - the class structure is an obstacle

-economic changes and technological advances have created a new global elite -ideas are now commodities -marxists ideas- dissent a break in ideas

-adult socialization -its not a way to retain solidarity - uniform -people don't have think- high turnover rate -

-intersectional theory -white men ride up the glass escalator, but white men do not -male dominance, competent, not suppose to be doing women's work - black male doctors, race becomes a master status -asked often if they are the janitor

-work was becoming like home and home was becoming like work -feel valued at work (masculine is more value) -people are finding solidarity at work -companies who sell time saving devices are profiting off this culture of time bind -taylorizing the home life -this is affecting the institution of family-especially among children

health care, conflicting ideologies, soldiery

-conflict theorist- its costs less money for the insurance companies to disntuanlize of mental institutions, the powerful stay in power and continue to make money

Dialysis Patients, Technological Failure, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Health in America Also talked about "high profile" diseases like AIDS and breast cancer and how these diseases get more attention and are in the public spotlight. When diabetes is also a big problem, but not receiving as much attention. -society forgets about people at the bottom when things get diffiult -conflict theorist - distribution of resources- who has the power in a society by the distribution of resources

Conflict theorist perspective - deviant and normal behavior is defined or "labeled" by people in power, thus this labeling reflects their interests enviroment, masculinity, seperation see women as faceless others

individual- sociolization, identities international -cultural meaning expectations stucuture- institution and laws

is statificaiton functional or disfuncation, some argue it is present in all societies and -some positions have more rewards, benefits held in heigher prestige because they require more training, and are imporant for socieyt everyones talents are not delveop

mechanims of socioliazation for the upper class- preschool- college, country clubs own culture

wealth gap in america- is a mechanism of social reproduction -wealth opportinites -white people can buy houses early families have money, what is passed on to the children

ethnographic study, is she an insider

-people learn gender roles and gender stereotypes through socialization -there is only two genders, and since Betsy does not fall into the either, people don't know how to deal with her -she is labeled as a man - traits that we associate with certain genders - bender gender rules only enforces gender boundaries - gender tells us how to act, without it we are confused -even if she chooses not to participate in gender, other people do it for her -gender=difference=inequality-the risman article its the meaning ascribed to the categories of men and women that make them different- it is a social construct -we do not doubt enough (what articles is this from) . we do not question these gender lines

-less about homosexuality and more about maintaining gender identity as the boundaries of masculinity -hegemonic masculinity- defines anything female as lesser -slut does not have the same gender loaded meaning -constantly avoiding being called a fag

-exploitation of women (prostitutes) happens all over - in thailand in particular- huge economic boom, working class people want what they could never have before, prostitutes - larger forces such as the economy affect the exploitation of women -cultural norm (prostitutes) can -labeling theory- we label what is deviant in society -economic depends on prostitution- so this is an institution problem that is going to be very hard to change

-race is an ascribed status -race is a social construction -we do not doubt enough -social powers, economic forces, political institutions and cultural practices constructed race -perform race "acting black"- like gender -racism is fluid and can appear in many different forms -intersectionality- how overlapping status can affect and individual and how that individual is treated by society, status an individual has in that society -interpersonal racism- assuming that the black man is a janitor

-heicharicys -raical inequlaiy no collective conswince turn over rate, people are segrated

Parent's have social constructs of desirable and undesirable children which a based of a societies larger norms surrounding race and gender. They desired a child that looked similar to them, or would not a child who would act like they were from "the hood". Parents used coded language, a healthy baby, really meant white baby or Asian baby classified as "honorary whites". Stereotypes that Asian babay are better suited for white-middle class culture than a black or latino baby would be.

(skin lighting products) -social construction of beauty -there is money to be made in this business, economic forces help to shape the construction of beauty -colorism - desirability for light skin and what that means (social construction) and not for dark skin and what that is associated with, article mentioned less educated, dirtier (social constuction) -skin color is a status symbol

- political economy, cultural conventions and regulatory restrictions will shape media -advertisers shape media -targeting certain demographics, people with money that advertisers want to reach -money is shaping the media, conflict theorist

- there has been an increase in women's sports but not in coverage -decline of sexist rhetoric- -seeing women in "motherly roles" or as girlfriends -sexism v.s prejudice -gender inequality -enforces male dominance they are not seen as athletes but appendages

-embedded journalists, live and travel and stay with the us army - "sort of an insider" -socialization is what the military is good at- bias? -stories focused more on soldiers and less on iraqi fatalities -gov Administration wanted to tell a story to the public that everything was one -conflict theorist

-religion influenced social institutions - like the economy -Protestant Reformation and a change in society values toward rationalities- shaped todaies capitalism posittant work ethic facilitated capitasm

-stigmatized

is also essential to his theory, which he defines as an organized and generalized attitude of a social group. The individual defines his or her own behavior with reference to the generalized attitude of the social group(s) they occupy. When the individual can view himself or herself from the standpoint of the generalized other, self-consciousness in the full sense of the term is attained.

resociilization of children, gender roles

Reproduction Thesis- (Marxist theory basically) "powerful groups inevitable create social and cultural systems that legitimate their own class advantage." -culture of the upper class, cultural capital -education is a mechanism of social reproduction

-schools socially reproduce poor circumstances for black male students, that in many cases put them on a track toward prison -individuals labeled as deviant come to internalize it -forgetting of "blackness" why a lot of boys want to be athletes, ebonics in school -treated differently, symbolic interaction

homes, geography, people move away -societal changes that occur on a macro level can affect the micro level interactions -talks about Bowling alone, Americans are not participating in social club/activities -we are isolated and individualistic -lack social solidarity, lack of collective conscience which as Durkheim pointed out can have devastating effects on individuals -people move away, live alone -technology also helps to isolate ppl- lack of face to face interactions -"social malnutrition"- Warren Christopher -"autistic society" -isolated in neighborhoods-racially, age wise, socioeconomically -isolation within families-house size -air conditioning- people don't sit on their front porches anymore -more wealthy we are the most isolated we are -where we buy, shop, spend out time are voids for interaction (my term) there a big chains, we don't know anyone -people who are isolated are less like to participate in democracy -people only focus on their own problems

-maybe a solution to the last article -Readings Terminal Market- cross race and class relations, friendly, warm, safe environment- unusual for the city -located in a neutral part of town, there are lots of different kinds of food and people, it is a neutral space -strangers talk to each other -folk ethnography- people observe and watch, getting to see close up what they only "hear" about others being like, may enforce some stereotypes but also my bring about truths never seen before -people learn how to get along with one another - both intimate and public space- the Jazz bar -"humanize abstract strangers in the minds of these observers" -people need to interact to understand each other, so we don't form the monsterous other

- The views of generations may be generational, or aging affect (people's ideologies change as they get older) or period effect. -historical events change people too (9/11, civil rights movement shaped generations even after the 60's) -generational replacement- new ideas arise when older generations die off -cohort effect- refers to outcomes because of being born in a particular historical time (the great depression) period effect - such as the civil rights movement- changed many peoples ideas about race "generations do not necessarily differ in the same way over time; individuals are not particularly consistent over their lives; social change results as much from shifts in individual lives- due either to aging or historical events" (p. 652)