SOCL 2001 : Sociology Exam 2 Notes
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Women of the storm: post-katrina activism from the top, origin damage and despair with their own eyes. Goals: clear, but not unchanging: congress changes every two years. Education- self education first: make members read and educate themselves on the issue first. blue umbrellas so people could identify with them. Persistence- response to failure:" response to failure is what defines a group, not success. Leadership- doesn"t really intervene and keeps mouth shut. Attention and vigilance: how serious, professional effort, depth of intention (shallow/deep) Occupations: security agents (1 in thousands?, doctors (1 in 10?, parents. Pivots up to 60-70%: someone is asked a question and deflects attention from the actual question; most questions got a pivot answer: most answers are not answers. How is this similar or different from texts & email: asynchronous communication. People vary in terms of how much they want. We generally accept the idea that things are done for reasons and those reasons cause things to happen.
