SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: California Institute Of Technology, Imperial College London
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Norms or laws reflect interests of rich and powerful: the powerful label threats as deviants. Powerful have resources to resist deviant labels. Belief that norms and laws are natural and good masks the political character of the laws. People who cannot or will not work. Anyone who directly challenges the status quo. Those committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations. Illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf. A business supplying illegal goods or services. Hate crimes: a criminal act against a person or person"s property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias. Target jews, immigrants, roman catholics, communists, homosexuals, blacks, and organized labor. During the 1920"s it had 5 million members; today it is estimated to have 20,000 members. Shaved heads, white, swastika tattoos, white power t-shirts. Dislike jews, blacks, gays, certain other ethnic and religious minorities. Foot soldiers for neo-nazis, kkk, and white aryan resistance (war)
