Category: Sociology

7.3 Weekly Discussion 6 (GRADED ACTIVITY)
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Watch: http://wwnpag.es/sbtn6Links to an external site. Answer: According to Chapter 6, what do you consider to be one of the most significant regulations of sexuality and how does it contribute to inequality? Examine 1 observation you made in regard to sexuality, relationships, and the family connecting the short clip above.
Ask 1 question about something that you might not have a full understanding of or that you think would create further discussion.
Don’t forget you must complete your post and respond to two other classmates’ posts for full credit.
Rubric:
1 Post: 5 points
2 Replies: 5 points each
(15 points total

I need help with a short essay, the prompt is: How do white nationalist and right-wing populists recruit, retain and mobilize their members? Your essay should incorporate the film: “Skin”, (screened in class), and all four of the required readings from 1/29 (Minkowitz, Blee, Kelly & Wilson). There should be approximately 850 words. The course readings are: – Donna Minkowitz, “How the Alt-Right Is Using Sex and Camp to Attract Gay
Men to Fascism”
– Kathleen Blee, “Becoming A Racist: Women in Contemporary Ku Klux Klan and
Neo-Nazi Groups”
– Annie Kelly, “The Alt-Right: Reactionary Rehabilitation for White Masculinity”
– Chris Wilson, “Nostalgia, Entitlement & Victimhood: The Synergy of White
Genocide & Misogyny”
The film “Skin” directed by Anthony Fabian should also be incorporated. The course readings are attached to this message

Social Inequality and Social Change Exercise Part 1 This exercise emphasizes the idea that “How you define the problem is prescriptive.” That is, being able to identify manifestations of inequality is a critical first step to determining the intervention or response to the problem. In order to expand our problem definition capacity, the course will expand our collective vocabulary concerning mechanisms and practices within organizations/systems which promote inequality. This includes structural drivers of inequality (such as formal and informal rules, norms and practices) which serve to maintain the advantage of some identities and the marginalization of others at collective levels. Students will apply their expanded vocabulary and models of structural inequality, fairness and conditional inclusion to analyze a real-world scenario reflecting inequality. Students will have the opportunity to pick their own scenario and this analysis will include identifying and describing the manifestations of unfairness (what is wrong), and explain why the mechanism represents unfairness. Students will use at least six references from the course to support their problem analysis and proposed prescriptions.

Only focus on one clip of the reading. include your thoughts about any aspect of the readings that interest you AND the questions you have after reading. You are strongly encouraged to response to your classmates’ posts. In your reading responses, here are four types of questions: 1) What is the assigned reading text about? 2) What is this text/film trying to achieve? 3) what materials does the author rely on to make his/ her argument? 4) what analytics or methodologies does the author use? **Analyze, don’t summarize. Can use quotes

> 10 pages in total
> First 6 pages: indication of the substance/argument of the topic, focusing on the belief that the concept of the ‘American Dream’ started off being realistic, and ultimately becoming more and more difficult to obtain. Run viewpoints from American citizens (ie: lower class moving up to middle class, middle class being able to live the same lifestyle that their parents provided), as well as immigrants looking to find a better life in the US. Lean towards social science as being the viewpoint of this argument (those from lower economic means have less chance for success, those with less access to education have lower chance for success vs. those who have the financial means to get a good education, assistance from family, etc). Include at least 3 statistics/data points from references.
>Remainder of paper include a focus from the humanities: tie in poverty with a work of art or quote from a work of literature. Ideally here you’ll be weaving together the humanities with the social science work for the first portion of the project. References:
20 references required:
>6 social science journal articles
>5 humanities journal articles
>4 works of art and/or literature references referenced
>5 non-journal sources

Follow these instructions: Watch the movie, Baby Boy (2001), and be sure to answer ONLY EIGHT of the 23 questions listed In at least nine, well-written paragraphs. With those responses you should compose a nine-paragraph, well-considered essay by analyzing Jody’s character from at least two-three different psychological perspectives. Explain the motivations for his behavior by using scenes and visual elements from the film to support your contentions. DO NOT answer all of the questions. ONLY ANSWER 8 of your choice. Each paragraph should be 1/3 of a page, single-spaced, and your assignment should be three single-spaced pages in total. Do NOT include any pictures. You want to develop your responses into nine in-depth paragraphs where one flows into another to create a coherent essay. Be certain to use APA-style in-text citations and supply a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. QUESTIONS: 1) Note the unusual image of the main character, Jody, in a fetal position but as a fully- grown man. Then couple that with the quote that Jody iterates from Frances Cress Welsing. How does this image and narration both complement and contradict each other? What is happening to Jody? 2) What is happening to Yvette? Who is she? Where does Jody go after he drops her home from the clinic? How does Jody project himself to kids in the ‘hood? What does this tell us about him? How does Singleton depict Jody on his bike as opposed to driving Yvette’s car? 3) What does he do when he goes to Peanut’s house? Who is she to him? 4) How does Singleton depict Jody when Melvin arrives and kisses his mother? 5) Who is Sweet Pea and how may we compare him to Jody? 6) Note the montage sequences that Jody dreams. How does Singleton illustrate Jody’s death as a means to rationalize his behavior? What is the significance of Tupac’s image in the background? 7) How may we compare Jody to Melvin? How does Singleton depict each of them when they are in the same frame? 8) When Jody complains to his mother, Juanita, about him living there, what does she advise Jody to do? 9) How does Jody choose to earn a living? How does Jody value success? How does Melvin attempt to school Jody and Sweet Pea about the nature of real value? 10) A key theme in this film is “hyper-masculinity”. How does this affect the way men treat women? How do the men resolve their problems with their women? Provide examples from key scenes in the film. Note the subtle differences in the way that Jody, Sweet pea, and Melvin treat their women? 11) How may we characterize Yvette in comparison to Jody? Provide examples of Jody and Yvette’s arguments and how these are resolved. How do they speak to each other? 12) How may we liken Yvette to Juanita? To Peanut? 13) Who is Rodney and why does Yvette still speak to him while he is in jail? 14) What does Sweet Pea want and what does he fear? 15) What does Sweet Pea confess to Jody in the garage? Why does he kick the other kids out? 16) Why does Jody insist that it is his car and not Yvette’s? What kind of lesson does Yvette want to teach Jody? 17) What happens to Jody when “kids” attempt to steal his bike and his liquor? How does Sweet Pea respond? Look at Jody’s face when Sweet Pea whips one of them. What does this indicate? 18) What happens when Rodney shows up at Yvette’s home? What does he do to her? 19) When it is a choice between Jody and Melvin, what does Juanita decide? 20) Who does Jody see when he is about to kill Rodney? Why? 21) What does Jody attempt to do before Melvin stops him? 22) Identify all the images/sequences that are both tragic and comedic? How does this speak to Singleton’s style as a filmmaker? 23) What do the final images in the film suggest to the viewers? Do you agree with this ending? You can watch the movie on Tubi for free: https://tubitv.com/movies/593866/baby-boy

Follow these instructions: Watch the movie, Baby Boy (2001), and be sure to answer ONLY EIGHT of the 23 questions listed In at least nine, well-written paragraphs.
With those responses you should compose a nine-paragraph, well-considered essay by analyzing Jody’s character from at least two-three different psychological perspectives. Explain the motivations for his behavior by using scenes and visual elements from the film to support your contentions. DO NOT answer all of the questions. ONLY ANSWER 8 of your choice. Each paragraph should be 1/3 of a page, single-spaced, and your assignment should be three single-spaced pages in total. Do NOT include any pictures. You want to develop your responses into nine in-depth paragraphs where one flows into another to create a coherent essay. Be certain to use APA-style in-text citations and supply a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.
QUESTIONS:
1) Note the unusual image of the main character, Jody, in a fetal position but as a fully- grown man. Then couple that with the quote that Jody iterates from Frances Cress Welsing. How does this image and narration both complement and contradict each other? What is happening to Jody?
2) What is happening to Yvette? Who is she? Where does Jody go after he drops her home from the clinic? How does Jody project himself to kids in the ‘hood? What does this tell us about him? How does Singleton depict Jody on his bike as opposed to driving Yvette’s car?
3) What does he do when he goes to Peanut’s house? Who is she to him?
4) How does Singleton depict Jody when Melvin arrives and kisses his mother?
5) Who is Sweet Pea and how may we compare him to Jody?
6) Note the montage sequences that Jody dreams. How does Singleton illustrate Jody’s death as a means to rationalize his behavior? What is the significance of Tupac’s image in the background?
7) How may we compare Jody to Melvin? How does Singleton depict each of them when they are in the same frame?
8) When Jody complains to his mother, Juanita, about him living there, what does she advise Jody to do?
9) How does Jody choose to earn a living? How does Jody value success? How does Melvin attempt to school Jody and Sweet Pea about the nature of real value?
10) A key theme in this film is “hyper-masculinity”. How does this affect the way men treat women? How do the men resolve their problems with their women? Provide examples from key scenes in the film. Note the subtle differences in the way that Jody, Sweet pea, and Melvin treat their women?
11) How may we characterize Yvette in comparison to Jody? Provide examples of Jody and Yvette’s arguments and how these are resolved. How do they speak to each other?
12) How may we liken Yvette to Juanita? To Peanut?
13) Who is Rodney and why does Yvette still speak to him while he is in jail?
14) What does Sweet Pea want and what does he fear?
15) What does Sweet Pea confess to Jody in the garage? Why does he kick the other kids out?
16) Why does Jody insist that it is his car and not Yvette’s? What kind of lesson does Yvette want to teach Jody?
17) What happens to Jody when “kids” attempt to steal his bike and his liquor? How does Sweet Pea respond? Look at Jody’s face when Sweet Pea whips one of them. What does this indicate?
18) What happens when Rodney shows up at Yvette’s home? What does he do to her?
19) When it is a choice between Jody and Melvin, what does Juanita decide?
20) Who does Jody see when he is about to kill Rodney? Why?
21) What does Jody attempt to do before Melvin stops him?
22) Identify all the images/sequences that are both tragic and comedic? How does this speak to Singleton’s style as a filmmaker?
23) What do the final images in the film suggest to the viewers? Do you agree with this ending?
You can watch the movie on Tubi for free: https://tubitv.com/movies/593866/baby-boy

You will be asked to choose a film and discuss how different concepts and readings from the course can be applied to the film. The film you will be doing is 10 Things I hate about you. A basic outline of the final essay requirement is listed on the syllabus. Here are some additional points to keep in mind as you’re putting your essay together:
1) Pick a film of your choice. I’ve listed many good options on the syllabus, but you can pick any film that you think is applicable to the class (aside from “Little Miss Sunshine,” which we’re watching and discussing as a class). You should not pick the same film as your friends, and you should work independently, without the consultation of anyone else from class.
2) In your essay, you should focus on CONCEPTS (i.e., terms from class notes, such as “the stopping rule” to give one example), THEORIES, and READINGS from class. An “A” paper will have a detailed discussion of at least 7 CONCEPTS, 6 THEORIES, and 5 READINGS, although these are minimums and you’re welcome to add more. Going through the plot of the film in chronological order is often helpful to keep the essay on track, but a full recap of the plot is not necessary, nor is a lot of detail about the film or characters. Just discuss the most pertinent points related to class.
3) Your paper should be approximately 1,500-2,000 words.
I have attached files with information regarding the class to help you write this paper if you have any questions please ask. Thank you!

The midterm report is a paper written by the student about the course material covered so far. This assignment serves as a reflective or analytical piece where the student summarizes, discusses their understanding of, engages critically with, and communicates their thoughts on the course content. Here are the key components and considerations for this assignment:Introduction:
• Begin with an introductory section that explains the purpose of the report and provides context for the reader.
Course/Material Overview:
• Provide a detailed review of the course material covered up to the mid-term point.
• Summarize the main themes, topics, and objectives of the course.
• Discuss key concepts, theories, readings, and assignments.
• Include examples or illustrations where relevant to clarify your understanding.
Reflection:
• Reflect on your learning experience in the course so far. What have you found most interesting or challenging?
• Discuss any insights or realizations you’ve had about the subject matter.
• Consider how the course material relates to your interests or future goals.
• Discuss your goals for the remainder of the course. What do you hope to achieve or learn by the end of the semester?
Conclusion:
• Summarize the main points discussed in the report.
• Reiterate the significance of the course and its relevance to your academic and personal growth.
Format:
I prioritize quality over quantity. With that being said, your draft should be at a minimum, two full pages, double-spaced. Students should utilize a 12-point font when writing this paper. The top right corner should include your name, the course name/code, the instructor’s name, and the date. You should also include the following title for your paper: “Midterm Reflection.”

RESULTS RUBRIC 17. The results are presented in a manner consistent to the data analysis method. Qualitative analysis: The results are presented as themes. These themes are formulated in a scientific manner. The themes reflect interpretation and analytical thinking skills. 18. The results are presented in a scientific manner consistent with the method of analysis. The qualitative results are presented by means of a data analysis schedule, evidence of coding and themes. Themes are validated with literature where necessary. 19. Critical and analytical thinking is reflected in all elements of the data analysis process and presentation of the data.