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.
A Sociological Look at Marijuana and Its Users
WEBApr 20, 2018 · In light of this, we rolled up some research on marijuana use. In the mid 20th century, social scientists studied how social forces shape marijuana use and the norms surrounding it. Howard Becker’s famous research illustrates that learning to smoke and enjoying marijuana isn’t a simple, intuitive process. Instead, users must take cues from ...
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT IN CONTEXT
WEBAug 16, 2014 · SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT IN CONTEXT - Sociology Toolbox. SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT IN CONTEXT. Todd Beer on August 16, 2014. An understanding of the sociological imagination can be difficult in our very individually focused society. As a topic, the sociological imagination is usually the first or second ...
The Human Impact of a Sport-less Society - Engaging Sports
WEBJul 30, 2020 · It is a highly commercialized and commodified sector used to entertain and distract. From a youth development standpoint, sport participation can serve as a positive activity in building character, teaching life skills, and developing mental, emotional, social, and physical wellbeing. Moreover, it has the ability to engender and facilitate ...
A Historical Look at the Popularity of Male Circumcision
WEBJan 23, 2009 · A Historical Look at the Popularity of Male Circumcision. In early American history, male circumcision was very uncommon. In the 1950s, however, about 90% of newborn boys were circumcised in the U.S. Today, the number is just over 50%. The International Coalition for Genital Integrity has put together a slideshow that traces developments in ...
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act and the History of Anti-lynching ...
WEBAug 30, 2022 · Wells shared the truth about lynching in her publications Southern Horrors and A Red Record.In A Red Record, Wells tabulates statics and provides detailed descriptions of lynchings that occurred across the United States.Wells makes the case that since Emancipation, there had been a series of three excuses made by …
NACIREMA: UPDATING A CLASSIC TO SEE YOUR OWN CULTURE …
WEBMay 31, 2014 · 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 compared. The paper, written by University of Chicago trained anthropologist Horace Miner was originally published in 1956.
Who is the Millennial Generation? | Pew Research
WEBOct 4, 2011 · What works. Pew Research has created a tidy series of interactive graphics to describe the demographic characteristics of American generational cohorts from the the Silent Generation (born 1928 – 1945) through the Boomers (born 1946 – 1964), Generation X (1965 – 1980) [this is a disputed age range – a more recent report from Pew ...
The social construction of race: fuzzy boundaries
WEBSep 10, 2020 · Generally, racial categories are constructed based on superficial biological characteristics of individuals such as skin tone, hair texture and color, eye shape, etc. To argue that the socially constructed racial categories are “natural” means that each category has to have definable boundaries.
Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda
WEBFeb 27, 2012 · Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda. Wendy Christensen on February 27, 2012. Edward Bernays (1891-1995) is largely considered the founder of public relations (or “engineering consent,” as he called it) but is not known very well outside of the marketing and advertising fields. A nephew of Sigmund Freud, Bernays was the first to ...