Spring 2025 Shorts
This page will have links to every single Short during the Spring 2025 semester.
If you’re a student, do not use this page for your Class Reflection Video Assignments - if you link these videos, you will not get credit.
Head over to the Full Lecture page if you are looking to complete your Assignment.
Oh, by the way,
you can watch the shorts on TikTok!
Class 1: Another Beginning (Coming soon)
Dr. Richards: Swimming Upstream and Outside the Box
Former Guest Irvin Moore is Now a Student!
Why Do We Start Streaming Class?
Purpose Behind the Live Stream
Who's American? Who's International?
Class 2: Mixing It Up
The Best Part of Being a Child of Mixed-Race Parents
Understanding the World in a Different Way
Experiencing Japan as an American
Gaining New Perspectives | Interracial Relationships
Misconceptions of Mixed-Race Children
Advice for Interracial Relationships
Class 3: You’re Canceled | Cancel Culture Conversation
Navigating the Terrain of Cancellation
How Does Being Canceled Shape Your Online Behavior?
“You Share Too Much Online”
Using The “R-Word” in 2025
Class 4: The Art of the Switch | Conversation about Language
Code-Switching with a Professor
What is “Code-Switching”?
Speaking “Properly” Code-Switching
Black Women Natural Hair in the Military
Class 5: Death of DEI? | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Trump's America
Thoughts on Trump’s DEI Positions
When is Diversity Not Positive?
How is DEI a Problem?
The Ladder of Upward Mobility
Class 6: The Rebirth of DEI | What's the Purpose?
Call the Richest Black Person “Oppressed”
Equalizing Life’s Race
The Boots Theory
Class 7: What About Discrimination? | DEI's Original Purpose
“Driving While Black” in America
White-Washed Real Estate in America
Affirmative Action at Harvard University
School Enrollment by Meritocracy
Class 8: Mourning Together | Individual and the Collective
Korean Collective Mourning
Japan’s National Mourning Culture
Why Don’t Americans Mourn?
Japan's Earthquake Response
Class 9: What Are We Thinking? | Professor AMA
No Shorts
Class 10: I Would Speak Up! | Sexism Conversation
"The Job Interview" Study on Sexism [Woodzicka & LaFrance 2007]
"Why Did You Answer THAT Question?"
Are Women Socialized To Tolerate Troubling Behavior?
Women In Male-Dominated Workplaces
Class 11: We Won! | The End of USAID
"How Important Is U.S. Foreign Aid?"
Overcoming Poverty in Haiti with U.S. Aid
You ARE In The Top 10% of The World’s Wealth
Who's "the richest" 1%?
Class 12: Everyone is Welcome | Belonging in this World
Black Wealthy Culture: The Black Experience
Do These Signs Make You Feel Welcome?
Growing Up In Hong Kong: Mixed Race
How Often Do You Face Discrimination At Your University?
Class 13: Who Do I Want to Be? | Culture and Ethnicity Conversation
How Important is Your Ancestry?
How to Disappoint Your Grandparents
“I’m White Washed”
Feeling Connected To My Culture
What Did YOU Learn from SOC119?
Class 14: Shaped by the Past | Flipping American History
Understanding Black Girlhood
Discrimination In Art (Appropriation)
American Alt-History: Racial Role Reversal
Class 15: Punishment, Redemption, Transformation | Criminal Justice Reform
No Shorts
Class 16: Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo
“Sam’s Viral Ted Talk”
“An Iraqi’s Response to Sam’s Ted Talk”
“Basim Joins SOC 119 from Mosul, Iraq”
“Establishing a 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 17: An Opportunity for Questions | AMA with Basim Razzo
No Shorts
Class 18: A Negative Effect | Disenchantment with Higher Education
Colleges Have Negatively Impacted America
Being Brainwashed By The Left
Where Does Criticism Come From
Class 19: Achievement Through Merit | U.S. Military Culture
Misconceptions about the U.S. Military
Being Deployed In Afghanistan
Achieving Through Merit as a Woman
Class 20: Watch Your Language | Freedom & Censorship
No Shorts
Class 21: Harmony | Korean, Japanese and Chinese Cultures
No Shorts
Class 22: One Policeman's Story | Mental Health in Policing | An Open Discussion
Why Do Police Seem So Violent?
What The Public Doesn’t see | Police Interactions
The Day That Changed My Life
Future Law Enforcement Officers Speak Up
Class 23: Experiences Matter | Personal Experiences with Discrimination
A Former Lifer & Law Enforcement
"How Do YOU View Law Enforcement Officers?"
Chinese Discrimination in America
Class 24: Our God | Conversation About Religion
Misunderstandings about Your Religion
MUST Jews Identify WITH Israel?
Is Islam Violent?
Why Do Religions Seek Converts?
Class 25: Who Are Our Enemies? | Russia and Ukrainian War
Tensions Between Venezuela and Colombia
You Are My Enemy
How Would the United States Respond?
Class 26: Revoked! | Student Visa Termination Discussion
Students Getting Visa Revoked
Is It FAIR to REVOKE Student VISAS?
Immigration: Human Right or Privilege
Should Visa Holders Be More Afraid of Committing Crimes?
Class 27: Winning the 20th Century | Immigration Discussion
How Immigrants Affect the U.S.A.
Riley Moore’s Bill on Chinese Immigration
Trump Administration on Immigration
Cultural Differences Between the U.S. and Korea
Class 28: Situationships | Modern Dating
How Do You View Situationships? | Modern Dating | 2025
How Has Dating Changed? | Gen Z Parents and Children
How Do You Handle Differences in Your Relationship?
Class 29: When Will You Know? | Gen Z Information Gathering
How Do You Make Sense of The Word?
Debating Transgender Bathroom Rights
Discriminated at Your University?
Class 30: The End (of the Semester) | Open Dialogue Q&A
Reflecting on Experience from Class
Are People More Open Minded or Closed Off?
The Goal of Public Class Discussions