Oppression Project for SOCW 402 at Western Carolina Univeristy

---- To write a piece about all I learned could be summed in this Love and love much. ----- I have been greatly chalanged by this class and for that I am grateful. Many of my views have matured and grown. My intellect has been engaged to think and discern, to feel and to sympathize. I hope my understanding of people and their need for understanding can be one drop in the bucket of goodness that makes this planet a place worth living in. To all who read this, enjoy them and engage with the ideas presented therein. Don't agree with me, make sense and make your own ideas. You'll be better off for it.

1.       Summary of article – what is article about? (brief – do not tell the entire story) On a Thursday morning in April, a boy missed his bus to school in Detroit. He set out on foot and got lost. He decided to knock at a door in a neighborhood and ask for directions. Seconds later he was met with a shotgun. As he fled shots were fired. All of this was captured on the owner's security camera footage. It also captured the ninth grade boys race; African American. The man was convicted of a felony charge and faces up to 12 years in prison. The residence fabricated a story about the boy trying to get inside the house but the footage does not back thi up. The residence has been broken into five times in the last ten years and therefore they are on edge. Nothing makes excuse for this, however. This quote perfectly sums up the terrible decision the homeowner made  “ [there] shouldn’t be fear of a child, let alone a skin tone,” “This...

1.       Summary of article – what is article about? (brief – do not tell the entire story) Research at Yale found that discriminating against people because of their age is very costly for medical systems. To the tune of  $63 billion over the course of one year in the United States. The study was conducted with many aims but one of which was a way of gaining more people on the bandwagon to abolish age discrimination. The business-minded people are always interested in knowing the cost of the situation. How $63 billion was arrived at was skimmed over them but the short and skinny is that they added the cost of 1.  negative age stereotypes and 2. negative self-perception of aging with the h ealth care spending data for the eight most expensive health care conditions among Americans 60 years or older. They hope to spark a store type change. They said, according to their theory ageism exits because"  if during chi...

1.       Summary of article – what is article about? (brief – do not tell the entire story) The article shared about a study that was recently completed regarding American's views on gender equality in the workplace and in private life. The article found that the 4 past generation shave progressively gotten more and more equal. Melinials are the most equal but there was surprise by the researchers. A small percentage of menials said that women were more equal at home than at work. They gave reasons for this such as the fact that many Gen-Yers started their careers right around the recession and this caused many of them to send the male out to be the breadwinner. The overall data was interesting and showed a journey of equality for women. Please send the graph below: (Egalitarians believe that women should be equal in Both sectors. Ambivalents believe either one or the other. Traditional believe that men should be the primary ...