In Charles’s Social Justice class, I learned to appreciate that I am proud to be born and raised in Canada. Moreover, I am grateful what our educational institution teaches us about third world countries and even our own countries that have been seen positive and negative. My highlight in this course is that I gained a great understanding with my fellow classmates in our lab activities as well as our group project. I learned about Charles’ cocoa beans and how privileged we are to share our global sociological imagination just as he did with us. I learned the value of race and how people around the world like Chimanada Adichie are making a difference that no matter what race or gender she is; she is making a difference. Also, I learned that people are continuously taken advantage because of the environment he or she lives in. When I heard about the genocide in Rwanda I was really angry to know that people can be so cruel and have no soul when they killed so many innocent people.
I appreciative that the Gacaca system is a community-based program that helps those to forgive and heal. This is something different in Canada; although, the natives had something similar when their children were sent to resident school.
Over all, social justice class taught me so many significant components about life and how I would like to contribute to those who are unfortunate. I think by choosing any charity that Charles chose us to do was an excellent approach and one step closer to help those who are in need. I learned how to raise money for a charity and how it made us feel at the end. It was a great experience overall.
I really enjoyed Chimanada Adichie filling in for Charles, while he was gone to Ghana. I learned that she is very passionate about her writing stories and what she has achieved. Knowing that she is African and from a foreign country she learned reading from British books and developed her literature skills from there. Not only has she gained knowledge, but became a public speaker for those who thought foreign countries could not develop a literature academic skill. Moreover, I felt really happy for her and her success and I wish her nothing but the best. This is also brought an excellent factor on race. Individuals need to be more appreciative and not be judgmental because he or she is born in a foreign place.
The Social Construction of Reality is a video explaining what is social construction and why is it important. ” Social construction is one of they key concepts of sociology. It refers to why we create meaning through social interactions with others” The narrator discusses that our language, colour, symbols, gestures, and people are socially constructed. The language is a system of sound and sometimes, we collectively attach meaning. Colours are widely accepted now, before colours used to distinguish gender roles such as, pink are for girls and blue are for boys. Moreover, gestures can be socially constructed in how we perceive things, for example, in United States and Canada a simple thumbs up means good job; however, places like Iraq means “screw you.” Gestures can be seen as a positive or negative approach; it all depends on how society wants to view it. Thus, people tend to create categories and ideas of where people fit in. This tends to create problems because it is a stereotype. Furthermore, why does social construction matter? it matters because they’re collectively held-beliefs.
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This chapter explores the meanings and conflicts over public space as cities attempt to control, and in some extreme cases make undesirables, such as the homeless to disappear.
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- Realization ultimately leads us to view that public realm differently as they are not locations of spatial democracy, but areas of conflict as differing group clash and attempt to impose their visions of appropriate use and who is desirable within the space. - Laws, codes, and force, have been used throughout history to determine which groups were allowed to take part in public discourse in golden sites. Today, no group challenges the boundaries of public space like the homeless, and it is the modern criminal justice system that is often used to accomplish the goal of restricting their presence in the public sphere - The issues of homelessness are complex and solving the associated problems is well beyond the capacity of most agencies within the criminal justice system. - The access to public space is essential for freedom in any society, and this access to the public sphere and protections of rights can only be achieved through a balanced response from the police, courts, city officials, business owners, and all residents of the city (p.158). |
I agree that public space is so complex that it’s really hard to argue. I think that public space should be entitled to us; we already pay for taxes what more do they want. I think it’s hard for Kwantlen students to pay for parking space when we are essentially paying a lot for tuition fees and books. Not even just universities, but hospitals as well. It is really difficult to pay for space when we already do much for the government. It is completely hard when “laws, codes, and force, have been used throughout history.” |
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What are the two central premises? |
There are two central premises that are necessary to maintain law and order within civil society. The State and organized religion need to be (1) be perceived as legitimate and (2) be able to use its power and influence to enforce its own laws/tenets. (p.5) |
I think that everyone needs law and order to keep us responsible; however, if a person sexuality is in question and there is nothing the society or the individual could do anything about it then the state and religion need to find ways to accept sexuality. I think using power and influence is only to keep us to stay civil with society and not to question any government motives. However, I disagree that homosexuality should be illegitimate. |
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What is Doctrinal Reinterpretation as Social Change? |
Social change is understood as the transformation of elements of society, and these elements can include culture, institutions, and ideological systems such as beliefs, norms and values. (p.18) |
I agree with this statement. Years ago, the social change was for woman not to work and stay home and look after the family. However, our social change have made women just as equal as men. Woman have the opportunity to work, go in to policing or trade just because they believe they can work in those fields. It is definitely a transformation of elements of society. |
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What is Rwandan Genocide? |
The odor of decomposing bodies bung over many parts of Rwanda in July 1994. Thus, in the 90-day period of genocide, 500,000 people were documented to have perished. Of these three-quarters of them were members of the minority Tutsi population. |
It breaks my heart knowing that people can be so cruel and not to mention that these people were his or her neighbors and friends. I am in complete shock to know that genocide still continues to happen. However, human activist are taking a stand. I am grateful to know that the Gacaca system is taking a stand in a traditional inquiry of how to help those who were traumatized and put those to jail for participating. |
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| What is socialization? | Socialization refers to the process by which we learn to be human makes us who we are or who we will become. | If it weren’t for socialization, individuals would definitely be anti-social. By socializing we are not only knowing the other person, but also gaining an insight of who you want to become. Moreover, a grasp knowledge of communication. |
| Define Human Rights? | It is the universal moral rights that all people possess by virtue of being human. | Agreed! Some people tend to take advantage and not forget that we are all human beings. Thus, I believe that everyone should be entitled for his or her rights and sometimes we forget what our rights are. So that’s why I think people are taken for advantage. |
