Unit 5: Prejudice, Deviance, Social Inequality
Here’s a cute, little video illustrating that saying “when the watering hole shrinks, the animals look at each other differently” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psOYCPpQ3HU
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Immigration is a neat question and largely one of public perceptions and fear. When economic times are tough, people fear immigrants taking their jobs. Most of all, people see immigrants as adrain on society whereas many studies have proven that within 5 years, through paying taxes immigrants repay any money we might have given them to get started. This even applies to refugees who we might tend to think would have the hardest time getting going.
cheers Mr. Keogh
When economic times are tough, jobs are scarce. While in better times immigrants might be able to get a job and repay what they spent in 5 years, would they also be able to do this in hard times?
I think that with the increase in anti-racial discrimination propaganda, the weight of blame will soon shift from people with different ethnicities to people with different careers or people with different lengths of education. For example, instead of people saying things like “Stupid immigrants taking all our jobs” people will say things like “Stupid grad students, taking all our tax money with their student loans”
We talked about prejudice and stereotype today in class, and this reminds me of one episode from The Office. They had a game for all the workers ( they kinda force them to participate) and the purpose was to tell me not to prejudice or stereotype against the otehr workers. How the game works is that every one will get a card from the boss(which will have a race written on it), but they cannot look at it (everyone else can) and they will stick it to their forehead. they have tto walk around and interact with people with cards on their head, and say facts about the race on the other person’s head until they get it.
And there was this guy who got a card says “chinese” and another guy went to him, after a few rounds of courtesy, the otehr guy told him that “his” race are bad drivers. The guy was pissed off, he answered, ” am i a woman?” and ripped off the card on his head, and it says,”chinese.”
I don’t like the office very much, but this episode was very funny and understandable, and now looking at it, it’s also APS related 😀
Also we talked about the Ladder theory, and how life is like a ladder and people see getting to the top of the ladder as their living goals, or destinations.
I have read this book called “The Elegance of The Hedgehog.” It’s a GREAT book, and it’s narratated by a 13-year-old girl who is a genuis and excels in everything. She has a amazing inner world. She thinks with great insights but people around her don’t know she is a genius and knows everything… It’s a great book, i strongly suggest people to read it, i can’t desribe how good it is and how aps-realted within a few words so check it out in school library. They have four copies from last year’s book club.
a ted talk about native americans and american prejudice (and greed)
it also gives you a picture of when some of the things in the video we watched today actually happened
the power of stereotypes
I have to say, Stephen Harper is a very good prime minister, and he is teh first prime minister who apologizes to the aboriginals for what we have done to them over the past centuries.After seeing the film in class, i got curious about what are the nations that have apologizes officially to their aboriginals, and there are TWO: Australia and us, Cananda. I am proud of being a canadian for a second ;P
here is the link to stephen harper’s sppech at the conference, just for reference.
OMG here is a very interesting video clip on Great American Melting pot, you have to watch this, it’s REALLLY good.
here is the lyric:
My grandmother came from Russia
A satchel on her knee,
My grandfather had his father’s cap
He brought from Italy.
They’d heard about a country
Where life might let them win,
They paid the fare to America
And there they melted in.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
America was founded by the English,
But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.
The principle still sticks;
Our heritage is mixed.
So any kid could be the president.
You simply melt right in,
It doesn’t matter what your skin.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from,
Or your religion, you jump right in
To the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.
America was the New World
And Europe was the Old.
America was the land of hope,
Or so the legend told.
On steamboats by the millions,
In search of honest pay,
Those 19th-century immigrants sailed
To reach the U.S.A.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot
The great American melting pot.
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.
They brought the country’s customs,
Their language and their ways.
They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
Helped build the U.S.A.
Go on and ask your grandma,
Hear what she has to tell
How great to be an American
And something else as well.
Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot
The great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
and the website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpggZ9hDxC4
and if America is the melting pot, Canada is supposed to be the mosaic. Which one is best?
In my opinion, the cultural mosaic that Canada prides itself on is far superior to America’s melting pot due to the loss of culture and religion that many immigrants face. This creates a less diverse country and makes everything too similiar, which can cause everything to become more boring. Canada accepts uniqueness and allows people to be who they really are and what they truly believe in.
I believe the cultural mosaic is better because it allows so much more freedom than the melting pot. Because Canada is so accepting of other cultures, it puts less pressure on immigrants and allows people to feel more comfortable in the country. Of course, in toronto its harder because we don’t walk down the street and greet everyone we see, so its less friendly, but in smaller towns its easier to see the acceptance of other cultures.
I agree with you guys, i think it’s incredible that Canada’s a cultural mosaic.
here’s a website that talks more about canada and multiculturalism:
http://www.mta.ca/about_canada/multi/
It pretty much states that ethnicity doesn’t undermine Canadian identity. It is Canadian identity.
Besides the term “melting pot”, Canada can also be described as an international stew. Some say that immigrants are like the ingredients of a stew that
are mixed together for a new and better flavour. Each ingredient
keeps its own flavour. Like the stew, immigrants have
contributed their talents and skills to Canada and have influenced
the way we live.
here’s a really interesting video on prejudice.
Good one. There are a few more like this in the bystander effect and racism category from “What would you do?” from ABC