Sumblog #7 Julia Cooper

A great leader named, Julia Cooper was an African-American woman who that racism was societies fault and not the fault of the individual.  She would explain this through different theories of power. One theory is the power of pluralism. This is meant to be in a positive way. It helps celebrate diversity but it can sometimes be seen in bad ways. It seems that people want everyone to become more Americanized which can be known as the “melting pot” which is the blending of all nations into one society. But a better way to explain this can be the “fruit salad” this way everyone can be in the same society but can portray their own individuality. Another power is assimilation, and this is when things only go one way. For example Americans often expect cultures to change in their direction, by changing languages and practices. The other power is segregation; this can often be seen as either informally or formally. Formal segregation is when people are not allowed into buildings because of who they are. This works at schools as well. The informal segregation can be where different minorities gather together and group together. Like in a lunch room at a school they will all sit together. The last power is genocide; this is the worst of them all. This involves killing of people who belong to a racial cultural or political group.

The video I found was about genocide. This was extremely eye opening and brings out the facts behind it all. Sorry about the graphics but I thought it was necessary to have people see what would go on in different countries? This also shows that this can happen in any country and culture. It is also crazy how this can still be happening in today’s society. You would think people would have been disgusted by how things used to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SI8RF6wDE

Sumblog 6 The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one to try and figure out the roles between men and women. She would express that men were the independent of the two because they would never need to rely on the women. They were able to provide for themselves with no help, especially not from a woman.  She would say that the women are supposed to be supported by the man never the other way around. With that being said women would be known as the dependent person because they would rely on someone else. Housewives would be an example of this, Gilman would say since the men are supply the money and working all day that the wives should do the housework like cooking and cleaning.

There also is interdepended which is where people would rely on each other, For example using two incomes. This is seen more and more common in today’s society. Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper. This was a collection of journal entries that were written by woman who lived her life according to how husband wanted her to. This woman was confined to the upstairs bedroom; she was not allowed to work and was forbidden from her journal. She becomes depressed and begins to have an obsession with the pattern and color of the wallpaper in her room. She begins to also see thing like a woman who lives in the wallpaper and realizes that it is her that is living in it. This story was a great example of who woman were sometimes treated back in the day. From reading that story I was defiantly surprised because of how things have changed in my day and age.

I posted a video of the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” I thought it was interesting being able to watch the story instead of just reading it. I feel it brought out a lot of emotions!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eXAle7mgk

Sumblog 5

Harriet Martineau was the founding mother of sociology and also was one who wanted happiness throughout society. To her happiness was something everyone was able to experiences no matter what lifestyle a person lived. I believe that happiness can also mean many different things for different people. Some can see happiness as being loved and cared for while others see happiness as what they have and what they can give. There are so many ways to feel happy. As I get older I see that people are so money hungry that it’s the only way they become happy. Some people still can see the best in life and can be happy about that. I would love to see someone loss all their money and still be positive about being happy. Yes it does happen but it seems to be rare.  She expressed morals and manners as the two aspects of a person’s happiness. Morals can be seen as what someone thinks is right. For example many people live by morals, such as be loyal, respect others, do not judge those are what people believe will help them though life if they live by those certain morals. Manners can be the way someone acts towards another person. For example it could be returning email or calls, does not use swear words, use please and thank you, there are so many example that can help explain what manners are.

I posted below a video of people saying what makes them happy, and I loved that most of the people said the simple things like nice weather, being with family and friends and having good health. Someone even said seeing snow melts makes them happy. It was refreshing to hear simple answers instead of saying a new iPod makes me happy or having the latest technology makes me happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8XLzqQx478

Power and authority (Sumblog 4)

Power and authority can be seen in many ways. Weber Marx was one to explain and express different ways of them. In class our professor gave great examples of how power and authority are used. He explained how he has authority of us students but no power. He has the authority over us because he gives us the final grade and gives us the chance to gain points throughout the year. But on the other hand he has no power over forcing us to do the assignments and the power of making us study.  Another example of this could be how a bully has the authority to make you do something but has absolute no power over you!

Authority can be seen in many different ways to different people. People can see authority as politically, religiously or just simple things like family authority. We see it as politically because the government has many rules of the people. And depending on what you believe in religion can play a huge role in what power it has over you and your family. The way we see family in the authority part is that when you grow up you often get bossed around by your mother and father. Not only your mother and father but you may have gotten told what to do by your older siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Pretty much as I grew up my elders had power over me and had the authority to tell me what to do because I didn’t know any better.

 Below I decided to post a picture of a mother and her son. This shows that the mother is clearly the authority figure in this situation. She seems to be yelling at him and pointing her finger toward him. It helped me realize that power and authority can be different even though they seem similar.

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