Marcel Couturier

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@Mariek157 I remember to this day the first time I heard of the experiment and I haven't forgotten about it. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

Most if not all of the information I've learned in this course will stick with me, but there is one subject in articular that I will never forget. That subject is immigration into the U.S. I was so oblivious to how hard it is for non citizens to gain citizenship. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@RafaelPatience Yeah I can see why most people fleeing from dangerous countries cant seek refuge in a legal way. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

I have definitely have caught myself saying "why don't they just apply legally?" This really opened my mind about how hard legally getting into the U.S is. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@WyattRaymond99 I definitely found this very interesting as well, especially how prisons are run like businesses. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

I was not surprised to see the U.S at the top of the list of countries with highest incarceration rates, but I was very surprised to see that they were nearly 5x higher than any other qualifying country. #SOCL214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@KiaraP1234 Yeah, and this led to extreme differences in wealth among the different, racial segregated communities. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

The amount of compounding effects that racist housing laws had on African American and Hispanic people is astounding. This issue is the major reason in the push for affirmative action #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@gkins15 I agree that affirmative action is needed for equal opportunity but equal outcome leads to dips in work ethic and education levels among people of color.

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

When learning about the history of affirmative action, I was surprised to see that normally democratic states like Michigan and especially California had major laws passed to stop allowing most types of affirmative action in public education. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@JackSum53062391 I didn't even think of how it could be used to attack other minority groups, good point.

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

This was my first time learning about the "Model Minority". It was very interesting to learn that even a seemingly positive stereotype can still have ill effects on a certain race. It was also very interesting to see the change of Asian American stereotypes over time. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@HaydenIng_EMU The same exists for many other traits among people that are considered "negative traits"

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

This was my first time learning about "pelo bueno, pelo malo". I does make sense that historically, an aesthetic minority would face discrimination or hate just for being different from the majority of a community/society. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@NobuatAhmed @thatgirlkyra1 Yes this is seen a lot thought the 21'st century as well.

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

I was surprised to hear that the portrayal of black people in movies was not a gradual acceptance but more of a roller coaster to please a majority white audience. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@KiaraP1234 Thanks for sharing the words origins, it helps to understand the meaning behind it.

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

I learned that most of the approaches to solving instances of discrimination only try to solve one type of discrimination when more may be present. #socl214

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

@JackSum53062391 I 100% agree with this and I am also concerned that it might be the reason the SAT hasn't been discontinued.

[Marcel Couturier @MarcelC358]

I learned that the SAT's were created by somebody that was a part of the U.S eugenics movement. The entire Eugenics movement was based around racist ideology and the ideas surrounding it were even used by Hitler. #socl214