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Question 1

Who created structural functionalism.

Answer 1

Robert Merton.

Said: social institutions perform intended/visible and unintended/invisible functions for society.

Question 2

Karl Marx created which theory?

Besides Marxism.

Answer 2

Conflict Theory.

Question 3

What groups did Karl Mark suggest existed in industrial society?

Answer 3

Bouregoisie or owners and the Proletariat or the workers.

Question 4

Who created Symbolic interactionsim?

Answer 4

George Simmel

Question 5

What theory did George Herbert Mead create?

Answer 5

Social constructionism.

Question 6

Who spoke in the TEDx titled “Don’t be a saviour”?

Answer 6

Rayna Gordon

Question 7

What was Rayna Gordons main message?

“Dont be a saviour be an ally” TEDx

Answer 7

Be an ally, not a saviour.
Stand with people (marginalizd groups) not for them.
Don’t speak over marginalized groups and don’t attempt to rescue them no matter the inention because it’s still oppression.

Question 8

Who wrote the “Skin i’m in” article describing their experience and interactions with the police living in Ontario/Toronto?

Answer 8

Desmond Cole.

Question 9

What was Desmond cole’s main argument in his article “The skin I’m in”?

Answer 9

We need to get to know black people through stories such as Desmonds in porder to treat them differently and remove racism.

Question 10

Who is Dr.Atyia Martin

Answer 10

Spoke in a TEDx titled “rethinking diversity” where she spoke on how critical thinking skills are necessary to help combat oppression and the ideologies that enforce them.
Said racism exposes us to conditioning that infleunces our bias and unconcious.

Question 11

Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?

Answer 11

Du Bois was a sociologist and an activist.
Created the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) to spark public action against racial seperation.
Defined Double Conciousness.
Critizised Black people who turned their back on their community when they gained white acceptance,

Question 12

Feridun Hamdullahpur created which article?

Answer 12

The power of narratives.

Question 13

What was the Power of Narratives article about?

Answer 13

Human stories are at the heart of our experiences.
Placing oppressed viewpoints at the center of our analysis offers fresh insight to oppression and allows non-dominant groups to define their own realities and histories.
Don’t measure who’s more oppressed.

Walk a Mile in my Shoes - brain tumor guy.

Question 14

Who is J. Christian Jensen?

Answer 14

Jensen spoke in a TEDx titled “The power of personal narratives”.
His main points were that personal narratives guides your lifes mission and gives strength to help you accomplish that mission.
Proposed 3 building blocks of life:
1. find your mark
2. tell family stories
3. find your mentors

Question 15

What article did Erving Goffman write?

Answer 15

Dramaturgical Analysis

Question 16

What was the main point of the Dramaturgical article written by Erving Goffman?

Answer 16

People put on masks to convince themselves and others of their personality and of their motives.
People live like actors perform.
We reveal information nonverbaly and unconsiously.

Question 17

What were the 4 ways sociology can help us according to the Sociology and Personal Growth article?

Answer 17

1. assess the truth of common sense.
2. see the opportunities and constraints in life.
3. helps us be active participants in society.
4. helps us live in a diverse world.

Question 18

Who spoke in the Forgotten Narrative TEDx?

Answer 18

Diane Hill.

Question 19

What was Diane Hills main message?

Answer 19

Canada has historically oppressed indigenous peoples.
Large discrepancies between on-reserve education and schools and off-reserve schools, specifically in funding.
50% less funding.
Wants to implement a mandatory course about Indigenous history in post-secondary schools.

Question 20

What was Maclean’s counter-article to Diane Hill’s personal narrative TEDx?

Answer 20

Against the implementation of a mandatory course on Indigneous history for post-secondary students.
Argued a 46th class is too expensive and too time consuming, will remove time for them (engenering students and students generally) to learn skills necessary for the workforce/their career.
Also argues that every other minority in Canada will expect a mandatory class to feel represented.

Question 21

What was Carol and Amanda Todd’s story explained in the Agents of Change article?

Answer 21

Amanda posted a video addressing her experiences with bully and then took her own life days later.
Carol (her mother) continues Amandas conversation on bully through speeches to parents, students, teachers, and educators about biased based bullying.
The article focuses on oppression and privilege and how they are interconnected. Everyone has some form of unearned or earned privilege and oppression. Just because we are privilege doesn’t mean we oppress.
Main message is to acknowledge our privilege to see oppression.