Final Post

In the beginning of the year, i gave a very limited general over view of myself. I wasnt very deep and wasnt sociological at all. Tonight, i sit here typing and im the same person. I havent changed from the first day of school, at least not because of one class or school itself. I think any changes that have occured are because of decisions i made and experiences i had control over. I dont think going to a class or even school everyday is going to change an 18 year old kid. I mean i just coasted after the first 6 weeks, whats gonna happen? It was a fun class though and community service sucked. Peace.

Blue Collar Stereotypes

In the video we watched a while bac, a group of middle class guys dressed up as blue collar workers and went out to "dive bars" as a weekend activity. First of all that sounds like a terrible time, but also i dont think it is right. I think it mocks the hard working Americans and fellow citizens that perform the jobs that need to be down. I also think stereotypes are bad to begin with. They are rude and offensive. Any form of prejudice isnt right and limits oneself from truely living a full life. Accepting others offers many opportunities to your life. i know this first hand with my diverse grou of friends. With different ethnic groups and religions,i know a lot about other cultures and i have positively gained from it.

CRASH

So we watched the movie Crash in class. I have seen it before and it is a great film. It ties in great with the end of our unit on race and racism. It got me thinking about racism and where it comes from. We know it isn't biological. Its social, but why do we as a society need to hate? Especially hate people who are different in skin color. I think hate and racism is all rooted in ignorance and fear. If you look throughout history, whenever a group of people or society every meet another group, there is instant fear of that group, because of differences in lots of things. Ignorance breads fear and that fear turns to hate and prejudice. This prejudice comes the social norm and I think it becomes hard to kick those ideas when they become ingrained in a culture. Take the South, racism is still pretty common down there and even in this day and age its hard to get ride of. How do we end racism? I dont completely know, i think education is important and at an early age. Parents also need to teach their children not to hate and to not judge people based on external features.