EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS: Due no later than Monday, JANUARY 23, 2017!
This is an optional, extra credit opportunity for the first marking period. A successfully completed post will be worth 50 points toward your 1st marking period grade (like earning a 100% on a quiz). You have a choice of which article you want to use for your post so choose one that interests you (and there are some really cool posts on this site!). Obviously, it can't be a post that I have already assigned or used in class. You will find detailed instructions on how to complete your post below:
- Go to the website www.SociologyInFocus.com and choose a post that interests you.
- Read the post and listen to/watch any audio/video files that are embedded.
- In your own words, write a brief summary (200 words minimum) of the post.
- Answer the "Dig Deeper" questions at the end of the post
- Make 2 questions of your own that are related to the reading or the main topic of the post (avoid level 1 questions that simply ask for recall of information in the article). Here is a helpful link to help you develop higher order questions.
- Post your summary and questions as a comment under this post on the homework blog (PLEASE check your post for spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors before posting it to the blog!)
- I want you to do something that interests you but I don't want duplicate posts. I want there to be variety. There are numerous categories on the left hand side of the page and an archive by date. You are not just limited to what appears on the main page (these are only the most recent posts).
- When you find one you want, post a comment under this post to claim it before someone else does!
- If your questions are particularly good, I may use them in class or on a quiz or test. If I do, you will receive bonus points on your participation or quiz/test grade for that week.
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ReplyDeleteThe Post “Discrimination isn’t always bad” by Nathan Palmer challenges our negative views towards stereotypes and discrimination. The author tells us that he was asked a question on whether discrimination will ever end after he gave a lecture about discrimination. He returned with the question “why do you ask me this” to which she replied “because you are a professor and I assumed you’d be knowledgeable on the subject”. He then proceeded to point out that by feeling so comfortable to ask him that question she was relying on the stereotype that comes with professors and professionals in their field. The point he was trying to make was that not all discrimination is bad but even some is essential to everyday life. We all rely on stereotypes all the time. Don’t you act differently around your friends than you would a total stranger? This is because we assume things about people and act the proper way accordingly. Our lives are nothing more than a series of masks that we put on whenever we are talking to someone different. There is no true self but only a bank moral character that has the ability to act differently in different situations. The article pointed all these things out and shed new light on discrimination and stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteDig Deeper:
1.Describe an instance where a person uses stereotypes or discriminates against another person that you feel is just and fair. Explain your answer.
Whenever we meet someone in which we don’t know we discriminate them. We treat them differently because we don’t know them. I wouldn’t act the same way towards a stranger that I would toward my best friend. This type of situation is fair and can be applied until more information is gathered about the person.
2.Now describe a situation where a person uses stereotypes or discriminates against another person that you feel is unjust or unfair. Explain your answer.
When the situation becomes unfair is when you have enough information about the person to act accordingly. It no longer becomes a respectful gesture to treat someone differently because little is known about them. When you treat someone differently in a bad way because of the information you do have instead of the information you don’t have, it then becomes unfair.
3.How can we reduce the oppressive aspects of stereotyping and discrimination without trying to eliminate stereotypes and discrimination altogether?
Basic respect is a great place to start. Unfair discrimination comes with lack of respect for the person who is being treated unfairly. If we take strides to be respectful and look out for the best interests of others than unfair stereotypes can go away.
4.Look at the chart from the Pew Research Center above. If you were asked that same question, would you have responded in the same way? If not, what changes would you have made? Explain your answer.
I would agree with most of the data. However, I would’ve answered differently towards the bottom of the chart. I do not feel obligated to provide financial assistance to my best friend or distant relatives. Although the compassion is still there for these people I do not think my percentages would be that high.
Questions:
1.) How do you view discrimination after reading this article compared to your views before? Are they different? Are they the same? Do you see discrimination as mostly good or mostly bad? Explain…
2.) How often do you discriminate against someone or trust stereotypes? Does that make you a bad person? Is it ok to trust stereotypes in certain situations?