POL SCI 61A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nerd, Railways Act 1921, Arizona Sb 1070
27 Jun 2017
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Reflections of the personal significance of race in your own life. We learn from our own experiences and experiences of others. Grew up in hampton, grew up with a strict, racial black/white paradigm pushed upon him from an early age, 50/50 black and white, stereotypes pushed upon him based off his race. Moved to lompoc, different racial orders pushed upon him, such as latino and. The fresh prince of bel air was one of the representations of race he looked at, yet he was a nerd, and didn"t fit the stereotypes of the black community, making him feel not fully black. Human beings are instinctively inclined to categorize, and to box people into groups. The power of groups stems in large part from the power of categories. This happens with groups of people as well. We tend to look for other people with our own interests, values.
