Fall 2023 Highlight Videos

Class 1: Another Adventure Begins

“All you have to do is think”
"Professor gets real about his early view of formal education"
“Sam, what are you holding?”
“Your name is…. What?”
“How Sam got his name”
“Checking in with Ecuador’s Elections”
“Why pay a University for what Google can tell you?”
“There are no ‘gotcha’ moments”
"How Panamanians Roll"
“What’s with the Long Hair?”
“That’s So Asian”

Class 2: Overcoming Awkwardness

"What was the purpose?"
"When Volunteers Come Up"
"See the Differences"
"Do Muslims Actually Pray Five Times a Day?"
"Asking Questions about Hijabs"
“Wait, you can NEVER eat pork?”
“I would never make that kind of mistake”
“Would you wear a hijab if you didn’t have to?”
“Who would cancel you?”

Class 3: Dysmorphia, Status, or Artistry

“The Word ‘Dysmorphia’”
”Our Best Guess at Human Migration”
”Reasons Why Genetics Mutated”
”Our Body Features Are Essential to Survival”
”How Many Of Your Friends Have Plastic Surgery?”
”Double Eyelid Surgery”
”Perfect the Way You Are”
”Americans Learning About #Gwansang”
“No Body Feature is Better”
”Worldwide Views of Plastic Surgery”
”A Black Woman’s Experience in Korea”
”How To Understand Other Cultures”

Class 4: What's the Problem?

“Korean Phrase: ‘Black Brother’”
”Hearing Other Languages is Important!”
”Canceled for Saying a Non-Racist Word?!”
”Different ‘N-Words’”
"What do you know about black women’s hair?"
"Why not just go natural?"
"White Women, Black Hairstyles"
"Sociology of Choice"

Class 5: Because They're Oppressed

“Don’t Be Afraid to Call Sam Out”
“You're Taught to Not See Color”
“Oppression is a heavy word”
“Restate that so it’s true.”
"Oppression in Black & White"
"How Connected Do You Want to Be?"
“What Laws Enforce Discrimination?”
"Interpreting Data"

Class 6: Contours of Identity and Family

“The Team Behind the Class”
”How Do We Know Humans Migrated from Asia to America?”
”A Step to Right a Historical Wrong”
”Byproducts of our Experiences”
"The Complexity of Adoptee Identity"
“Dear adoptive parents"
"Adoption Stories"
”Having a ‘Modern Family’”
"Did You Ever Ask About Your Dad?"
“Heteronormativity in Society”

Class 7: In The Middle

“I want to understand”
“Social Structures That Control Our Lives”
“Personal Ability & Responsibility”
“Are Americans Self-Reliant?”
“Why Do People Steal?”
“How Much Should We Give to Rehabilitation?”
"Is It Important That They Are Black?"
"If you were carjackers”
“Should Police Be in Low-Income Neighborhoods?”

Class 8: Find Your Purpose

“How Income Predicts Educational Success”
“How Do Schools Get Funded?”
“Work Harder”

Class 9: Those Black Devils

“Role Reversal Thought Experiment”
“Imagine what it would be like…”

Class 10: Not Fun and Games

“How Civil War Starts”
”Most People Are Sheep”
”Let’s Just Battle It Out”
“Who Wants to Defund the Police?”
“Facts on Colombian Civil War”
“Iraq Before & After ISIS Takeover”
"Conflict-Blindness in Colombia"
"War is Convenient”
"Rhetoric Fuels Unrest”
"When Things Collapse, Things Change"
"Indignation and Manipulation"
"The Sunni and Shia Division"
"War Happened in a Flash”

Class 11: Kind of Threatening

“An outside view of US race relations”
”Troublesome on both extremes”
”Nobody is saying…”
”I don’t know the narrative anymore”
”Narrative of ‘Poor People’”
”Dear Poor White People”
”Black People Making Excuses”

Class 12: Help Us Understand

“A Tale of Two Swifties”
”Men Holding Hands?!”
”Arab or Muslim Brotherhood?”
”Why Aren’t You Covered?”
“Dating in the Arabic World”
“Listen to Your Family”
“Can Muslims Date Outside Their Religion?”
“I just don't do that stuff”

Class 13: Blinded by Choice

“The world of race relations"
“Two Factors That Impact Human Behavior”
”It’s Not About ‘The Exception’”
“They Made that Choice”
”What's Beyond Our Control”
“Explain Crime As A Sociologist”
“A Positive Example of External Factors”
“Sociology of Kensington”
“How much of a choice?”
“I would act differently…”
“Just don’t cheat”
“Grandma, I never cheat in class”

Class 14: American Whites

“I’m a United States-ian”
“Why Do We Have Different Races?”
“White Oppression in America”
"Being White in Brazil"
“White Americans are VERY expressive”
“Bro, you’re an American…”
“How do you identify?”
“What is ‘whiteness’?”
“Americans are Individualistic”
“Need to Know About America”
“Where does “white” come from?”
“What is ‘white passing’?”

Class 15: Being a Man in the World

“You’re gonna rule the world”
“Wait, why are you clapping?”
“What is a man?”
“Can men show emotions?”
“What is Toxic Masculinity?”
“The Value of Having Sons”
“Where is ‘Toxic Femininity’?”

Class 16: Unfocusing

“Peacemakers in Gaza and Israel”
"Either Can Bring Peace"
“Reflecting on October 7, 2023”
“Reflecting on October 7, 2023”
“Stop for a Moment”
“Misinformation in the Media”
“We Know Nothing”
“Good For You, Really”
“Headlines ARE Propaganda”
“Demonizing Others”
“Who Was There: Palestine and Israel?”
“What Can Students Do?”

Class 17: More Than Two Sides

“Do You Know Where a Rez is?”
"Realities on a Rez”
"Not If, but When"
"When Does It Become Yours?”

Class 18: Victims and Offenders

"Complexifying"
"Victimization & Healing"
"Transformation in Prison"
"Be a Blessing"
“Taking Sides”
“What Would You Do Differently?”
“What is Life Like in Prison?”

Class 19: Conflict from a Human Level

"Working with conflict”
"Conflict vs. Combat”
"Flashpoints & Peacemaking"
"Combat & Conformity”
”How is conformity divisive?”
“Professional traitors”
“Become a traitor! (soc119.org/book)”

Class 20: A Live Experiment In Empathy with Basim Razzo

“Sam’s Viral Ted Talk”
”An Iraqi’s Response to Ted Talk”
”Basim Joins SOC 119 from Mosul, Iraq”
”Establishing Friendship with an Iraqi”
“Americans Killed My Family”
”Photos After the Bombing”
”Introducing Basim Razzo to SOC119”
”Life Before ISIS Took Over Mosul”
”Basim’s Wife, Mayada”
”Basim’s Daughter, Tuqa”
”Basim’s Son, Yahya”
”When the Missiles Struck”
”What Did the Americans Say?”
”America Admitted to Bombing An Innocent Iraqi Family”
“The Value of a Life in Iraq & Syria”
”Why Don’t You Hate America?”
”Get Out of Your Comfort Zone”
”Iraqi Civilian Interaction with American Soldiers”

Class 21: Heartbreak and Hope

“Who has confidence in the police?”
“We shouldn’t generalize, but we do with the police.”
“When can we generalize?”
“A Criminal Justice System Built (Partly) on Inequality”
“In reality, cops respond to everybody, regardless of class”
“Why are these arrest differences among racial lines?”
“What makes a cop good or bad?”
“What do you mean ALL Cops?”
“Cops ARE and NEED to be held to a higher standard”
“How often do cops make mistakes?”
“How often do cops do horrible things?”
“How often do people interact with the police?”
“How many people have been killed by the police?”
“Is 8,000 deaths in 7+ years a lot?”
“How many unarmed people were killed by the police?”
“Dude, we need the police”

Class 22: The Ways We're Not the Same

"My name is Jehad"
“Taking an American Name”
"Comportment in the East and West"
"Backpacks in Seoul"
“You Wouldn’t Do That”
“Being More American”
“Why Did You Wear a Mask?”
“No one Would Steal the Phone”

Class 23: Being Jewish

“Jewish Culture is More Than Israel”
“Different Aspects of Judaism”
“Cultural and Religious Judaism”
"Coming of Age Rituals"
"Importance of Community"
“Overestimating Sizes of Groups”
"Sharia Law 101"
“Finding a Community”
“What Happens After Life?”
“The Importance of ‘The Sabbath’”
“Shabbat Settings”

Class 24: I Am a Refugee

“Probably not going back home”
“What did you do with your fear?”
“One of my favorite memories”
“The Mundane in War”
“How Has War Changed You?”
“What Should We Know?”

Class 25: Behind the Curtain

"Does DEI(B) actually mean something to students?"
"I wouldn't go to a small private university"
“Focusing on all vs. just minorities"
"What keeps you from DEIBA initiatives?"
"What makes home feel like home"
“Diversity includes diverse white people”
“What is Social Justice?”
“No one NEEDS Affirmative Action”
“What is “Hate Speech”?”
“Who’s Offended and Traumatized?”
“Don’t Like it, Don’t Go”
“Are Students Snowflakes?”

Class 26: Soldiers and Cops

“A Cop Reached Out to SOC 119”
“Hardest Part of Being a Cop”
“Feeling Frustration”
“Do You Have Support as a Cop?”
“It Looks Bad”
“Being a Cop Post George Floyd”
“A Soldier and a Dad”
“What Did You Lose in Overseas?”
“What to Know About the Military?”
“Following Orders”
“Do Cops Have Personal Discretion?”
“Protecting Each Other”
“Should Cops Go to College?”
“How Have Cameras Changed Policing and the Military?”

Class 27: The Challenge

“Jainism”
“Make a case for transracialism”
"Why isn't being transracial accepted?"
“Culture & Biology”
“BLM Has Been Positive for Race Relations”
“BLM Has Been Negative for Race Relations”
“Every Power Group Needs Accountability”
“Getting a Pass on Identity Politics”
“Bad Optics of BLM”
“Are YOU Racist?”
“Why Did You Become a Marine?”
“Gender Issues in the Marines”
“Experiences in the Marines”

Class 28: Things We Do Not See

TBD

Class 29: Cultivating Empathy

TBD

Class 30: Wrapping Up

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