Jack Summers

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@MariahMyles4 @its_naenaee #socl214 I agree it’s pretty ridiculous that a lot of of this isn’t covered in High School, but also it makes sense why - people don’t want to admit the system they benefit from was designed to be unequal.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 The concept that will stick with me the most is the idea of an interconnected web between things like housing, wealth, education, incarceration, etc. The connection makes sense, but I had never seen it so specifically illustrated before.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@214Hughes @WyattRaymond99 It's especially sad because there are numerous alternatives to prison, like the ones mentioned in the video, which would not cause the same hurt to those communities, and would likely benefit individual members of them.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video on Mass Incarceration I learned that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Additionally black men are incarcerated at a greater rate as a result of systems within the U.S. (including harsher punishments at schools)

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@Mharr131Emich It feels wrong to make people who often don’t have a lot of time or money (hence why they’re trying to emigrate to the U.S.) wait several years and spend thousands of dollars just in the hopes of maybe getting the chance to immigrate.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video on legal immigration I learned that most often it’s a process which can take several years and cost applicants thousands of dollars, often making it an undesirable/impossible method of immigrating.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@ajanae_watson That part was the most surprising to me. Obviously the government back then wasn't going to be progressive or anything with regards to race, but I sort of expected things to be a bit more subtle and behind the scenes. #socl214

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video I learned that suburbs are predominately white due to New Deal loan policies which made it easier for white people to get loans and harder for people of color to get loans, if they could get them at all, perpetuating a racial wealth gap.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@WyattRaymond99 I don't disagree that the most qualified people should be accepted, however even without affirmative action this is not the case, especially for colleges. The SAT itself is discriminatory, being used as a tool to pick out wealthy individuals, who are often rich and white.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video on affirmative action I learned that it was created to give greater access to jobs and education to groups who've been historically discriminated against and thus often do not have the same opportunities as groups that didn't face discrimination.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@EMU24AP This was surprising to me, but in hindsight it makes perfect sense that white people would find any excuse to argue that discrimination doesn't exist, in an attempt to remove any guilt or responsibility to create change. #socl214

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 The idea of Asians as the "model minority" is, and always has been, used to falsely discredit the idea of racial discrimination by arguing that since Asians are successful, discrimination can not exist. Furthermore, this is then used to attack other minority groups.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@KiaraP1234 I think a lot of people who refuse to accept that they have privilege do it either out of ignorance, or because they feel like any accomplishments they've made are being attributed solely to their race (or other factors), even if that's not the case. #socl214

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video I learned that privilege makes people angry because of a few reasons, those being: a lack of understanding of what privilege is, feeling guilt, using anger as a defense mechanism, and because they feel blamed for something they did not do.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@AGiunta71 I think it generally stems from societal views on beauty standards. It makes sense, regardless of how untrue it is, that a society like what exists in the United States would place emphasis on white standards of beauty, i.e. straight hair being better.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video on "Pelo Bueno, Pelo Malo" I learned that there is a belief in society that long straight hair is objectively "good", and a view that curlier, more afro-like hair is "bad", and a problem which needs to be fixed for those who have it.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@MarcelC358 This kind of reminds me of how a lot of movie studios are now with LGBT representation. They'll include openly gay characters, but only as background characters that they can edit out to allow distribution in places like China. They only act progressive when it's profitable.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video on black representation in film I learned that black roles were made more positive between the 1910s and 1930s. However this was really only a superficial and temporary change, due to film companies not feeling that it was still very profitable.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

@WyattRaymond99 I also hadn't really thought about that possibility. I feel like dealing with discrimination is kind of treated like one big thing that you have to deal with and then everyone in that group is automatically better off, even if some members still face other forms of oppression.

[Jack Summers @JackSum53062391]

#socl214 From watching the video I learned that different members of a marginalized group can benefit, or not, from legislation in different ways. I.e., an able-bodied black man may be more protected by legislation due to having fewer roadblocks than a disabled black woman.