Power

In the video milgram experiment,it shows you how human beings are devoted to authority and obedience.the experiment was also testing their limit of responsiveness to authority. In other words the experiment was to check how human beings will react over the effect on punishment on learning. It was an experiment made by stanley milgram in 1963 perform again to examine how  normal people can perpatuate a very bad act simply by following orders. The person who chose to be the teacher were put to the test by being asked a series of question for them to answer. They were being trick by making them believe that each answer they answered wrong will effect the victim that chose to to be a learner in that experiment will be electricuted by the lethal eltric shock. The test was to see if they would call a stop to it,since they were told to continue they kept going. The experiment was to see how they would respond to orders.The person that was asking them questions  had some basic power over them because the people that were being examined wanted to stop,but they couldn't because they were told to keep going. Refering this experiment to my life, a lot of times because of obedience i did things that i didn't really want to do or feel like doing it at that particular moment.
         I can relate the Milgram experiment to the  reading on chapter five because it talks about power and oppression.In some ways we are being controled and yet some people dont notice it because of lack of knowledge.Oppression talks about how some people doesn't have the same power as someone elses and when peole decrease the faith of other people to be fully human. The experiment of Milgram gave us a good example,in the video it shows you that the people that were being tested wanted to stop with the expiriment,they had a choice if they really wanted to they could've just left,but because the man that was testing them kept saying to continue they felt as if they had no choice but to keep going.In some other cultures people act differently toward oppression and the power that they have. For example a lot of people that has more power then the other usualy abuse their power. In some jobs in my country the workers in that job usualy get exploited,and their's nothing they can do about it.In America most people has a limit to their power,for example,parents has a lot of power over their kids,because if the parent tell the kid to do something they have no choice but to do it. In some cases people feels like they are powerless,and it's mostly the poor that always feel like that and the mentally ill people.Another type of oppression is violence,its the most known and obvious oppression because it happens all around the world and it has been increasing.There are a lot of different type of violences,sexual violence,physical abuse,verbal abuse and economic abuse.Another form of oppression is cultural imperialism,witch a group of people in a society or culture establishing a norm. Some human beins think they got control over their life,and think cause of their belief in their society that the government doesn't have control over them. But they dont realize they are expected to be  at a certain place and certain time,if they dont get to that place at that specific time they will be in trouble,that place can be a school or job. It relates to the Milgram video because the person that was examining the people had the power to tell the people that were being tested to keep going even though they wanted to stop. through out the year peple have been opening up their eye and education has been a lot of help,education had increase a lot of student knowledge and gave them consciousness of them selves and the society they live in.

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I used this picture because it represent culture diversity. It use to be known as a counterculture back in the 1800s and 1900,and now its starting to shift and become more of a dominant culture.There has been a lot of agreement and disagreement against same sex marriages in our society. Some people believes same sex marriage should not be a conflict because  we have the right to make any choice we want too and engage  to who ever we want too.And another reason some people in our society agree with  the same sex marriage is because Their very compatable. And at the other hand some religions believes that its a sin.Some people in the society disagree with it because its not right,and mention that being a homosexual was disease,and its a normal thing.And lastly one question that the churchs came with is,what will happen if two of the same sex divorce?


Abortion is one of the main problem the we are fighting against in the culture i live in. Some people argue that  an unborn fetus is still considered to be living,in that having abortion would murder. In addition some girls believes that in some cases abortion is their only choice,because they didn't plan to have a babe,or they dont want their parents to be aware of  them being pregnant and for them to get in trouble. A very big amount of controversy is caused by religions,because most religions argues that it is a sin to get in abortion because you taking a life away. The OB/GYN argues that after four month you shouldn't be able to get an obortion because the fetus haven't really develop.
Out of all symbols that I could have choosen, I decided to pick the Bible because it represents so many things and it has different meanings to it. To start off, When people see or think of the Bible the automatic thing that pops up in their head is Church,Christ,and Power. Something that the Bible represent that i think is important for us to comprehend in our daily life is Compassionate,how to treat one another,love, and affection. Futhermore, a Bible symbolize many other things and its also hands on. It motivate people to always do the right thing in life, even though now its a struggle because so many people are not showing enough courtesy and they are taking advantage of what's given to them and are showing less appreciation. My ideology is that if i follow the bible i will make it to heaven


Gang violance and bullying are another problem that  we are facing in our society. more african American kid and some hispanic and white  are joining gangs and thinking that it will make them cool and gangster around their neighborhood. And they end up bullying other kids to get more attention and self popularity.





That is one non matrerial  picture because it's an idea that represent the American culture.We are offered a lot of opportunities in the culture that we are living in, most of those opportunities were giving,and some were introduce to us. It is one of the main reason why a lot of different people from different cultures usually come to America. We are known as the number one country witch if you really take hold of those opportunities giving to you,you will most likely be successful in this culture.


The type of shoes that we wear and bran kind of represent our norms in my culture. in my society sometimes represent us in certain ways. some kids in this culture believes that when they have them,it makes them cool,and shows  that they get money..In that case,when they go to another country most people look at it like you have a lot of money,and you fresh.Sometime it makes someone  feel reprehensible for not having one of these shoes,or a shoe with that bran name.



I picked this picture because it kind of describe the element of culture.America has a lot of different cultures with different languages and some of them are dialected. A lot of people from different cultures and country including believes that America is a country of opportunity,and that is why most of us from different cultures come to America,we want to live the American dream.


I believe i can use this picture as one of the norms in country Haiti, because most people see dead bodies everyday in the streets,its either they been shot,or car accident,or they got beating to death. Sometimes those dead bodies stays on the street for Hours and hours.Some people take pictures,and some got so use to it,they walk by it and not even paying attention to it,(like ooohh wow check out another dead body on the street)and keep doing what they were doing,or going where they were going,and i can related as a folksway too because i turns out to be a habit.And another thing is that some people xenophobia my country and show a lot of ehnocentrism judge it because they do voodoo, when there are a lot of other country that are worst then us.

teenage wasteland

In the article teenage wasteland,it talks about four kids that lived in bergenfield New jersey that were founded dead in a red colored Chevrolet. The people in the society say that it was suicide. but They died of carbon monoxide poisoning. They wasn't really going to school,People use to call them different types of names,they said that those four kids friends were described as kids who listen to thrash metal,they had shaggy haircuts and wear lots of black leathers. They were refers as weird dropouts kids.Those kids wasn't respected even tho they died. One of the reason why i believe these kids committed suicide is because they couldn't fit in the society that they lived in. Also the type of music they were listening too,and the things that smoke started playing around with their minds. Certain things that you you make a habit,and you know it can effect your everyday life can lead you to commit suicide. Teenage suicide has increase through out the years,each teen committed suicide for several  reason. Some were called names,and some were not getting enough attention from their family or those around them .Those four kids were not considered as normal kids in their society,it is probably why they behaving that way and committed suicide. It refers in the article that Boredom lead to drugs,and boredom can kill,and it's probably what those kids were going thru because they didn't have as many opportunities as those kids that lives in the city's have.