SOC 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 3 pt 3/3: Temple University Press, White Privilege, Class Discrimination

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 225
• Professor: Rebecca Christensen

Document Summary

The forest and the trees: sociology as life, practice and promise. Privilege and oppression: these organized systems is often is referred to as. Diversity is about the variety of people in the world. Ex: white people often withdraw into silence or become defensive. Individualism affects social life by isolating us from one another, promoting divisive competition, and making it harder to sustain a sense of community. (cid:1445)bad things happen because of bad people(cid:1446) Understanding the relationships among trees is the difference between a group of trees vs a forest. Corporations, families: thinking of systems as just people is why members of privileged groups often take it personally when someone points out that their society is racist or sexist. People are not systems, and systems are not people. It describes the social system as racist or sexist. Seeing how individuals and social systems are connected is part of the sociological practice.