CLASS #8  9/19/2012  Stereotypes and Snap Judgements 

SOCIOLOGY IS…

"Understanding that stereotypes are simplified perceptions about an  entire group that are usually based on false assumptions .”

Crash Scene Analysis  (20 minutes + process)

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. An African-American television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple… They all live in Los Angeles. And during the next 36 hours, they will all collide…

Crash Process

While the beginning of the movie Crash focuses on the distorted ways people too often perceive and treat each other, the end of the movie gives us a glimpse, however limited, of the way God see us. While we are flawed, He does not focus on our flaws but desires to free us from them. Although we do things to separate ourselves from Him and others, He desires to love us, heal us, and fill our lives with friendship and connections. In a world that too often makes us feel like we are alone and untouchable, He lets us know that He is here, watching over us, working around us, and always loving us. --Elisabeth Leitch

Stereotypes about High School Students 

20/20 What Would You Do? 
This is one of the ABC 20/20 specials that I appeared in called "What Would You Do?" This episode conveys teenage vandalism and the difference in peoples reactions when racial background of the vandals changes and how it plays a factor.

Who Will Survive? 
15 people are in nuclear bomb shelter  after a nuclear attack has occurred.  These 15 people are the only humans left alive on earth.  It will take two weeks for the radiation level to subside to a  safe level.   Food and supplies can sustain seven people for two weeks. •  The decision as to who will "survive" must be unanimous.   WHO WILL SURVIVE?

Joshua Bell Experiment