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Ch. 13 Fieldwork

It is very hard being an immigrant when coming from any country. There are so many factors that go into the decision of moving to a different country. Sometimes people move because they just want a different way of living, however sometimes people migrate to different countries for better opportunity and even their safety.

The person I interviewed migrated from Liberia in May 4, 2004. She was a fresh baby when she and her family came to America. It was her Father, mother, grandma, her 3 older brothers and her older sister that all came here. Some of the push and pulls that faced was There was a lot of poverty in Liberia and Liberia was about to be under new leadership, so her mother had won the visa to come to America a year prior to her being born in the month of June. They were forced to get on the plane to America, not only because she was sick, but because Liberia was about to be under attack. While coming to America her oldest siblings who had another dad tried to run away because they wanted to stay in Africa with their father. In Liberia they did not have any food or water to feed all 9 kids plus themselves, and they were barely making a living to survive. They were looking for a better way of life.

Once they got into America they had many bridges and barriers that they were faced with. Everything was harder for them. Their whole family did not know any English except her dad who only spoke a little and all of the kids were too young to understand what was going on. They relied on the salvation army to help them find jobs, clothes, and housing. All of her siblings were under the age of 5, with her being the youngest, so it was very difficult to navigate a whole new country. Her mom's first job was only paying her $5.30 an hour and for around 3 months she was the only source of income because her dad was trying to find a job and they were also trying to figure out how their new house was going to be built. In order to get to work everyday they had to walk across town because they did not know about public transportation. Her Grandma who was 83 stayed home and kept all the kids during the day. Her grandma also faced the hardship of being legally blind. She did most of the house maintenance while they were gone.

Today for her and her family life has gotten much easier. They live in a nice home and doing very good for themselves. All of her siblings have or are currently in school going to get their degrees. They still have their traditions that they came to America with and still make all the African foods that they love. Even though they had to go through the challenges they did when they first got here they are very happy with the life that they are living today.

Playlist extra credit Group 5

Playlist · 13 Songs

Each chapter we have learned can all be interpreted through different songs that we love. These are a few songs that we think go hand and hand with our class chapters.

Mackenzie’s Picks:

Rookie of the Year- Moneybagg Yo- this song is an example of class because Moneybagg Yo talks about how he has just started out but he still is at the top of his game and has a higher class then most people. Mango Butter- Durand Bernarr- this song is an example of sexuality because he talks about he is 100% comfortable in his skin no matter what anyone says or does to try and make him think less than.

Marry You- Bruno Mars- this song is an example of Marriage because he is talking about how much he loves his person and how he wouldn’t want to do life with anyone else.

Soldier- Destiny Child- They talk about how they want a man that has a certain status and class to where he gets respect from everyone and he can stand up for his women.

Kamille’s picks:

lady gaga born this way- this song was picked because it’s a fun song that represents the chapter of gender.

j cole love yourz- this song was picked because it is a good representation for the chapter of class and status. the song explains how it doesn’t matter what class you’re in and that you should be grateful for everything.

micheal jackson they don’t care about us- this song was picked because it’s a good representation for the race/racism chapter and it explains the injustice behaviors that society shows to minorities

kent jones don’t mind- this song was picked because it is a fun/catchy song that represents the culture chapter that celebrates all cultures.

Jordan’s Picks:

American Dreaming: Race

I chose the song “American Dreaming” by Star for the chapter based on race/racism. Throughout the song, the lyrics are basically a representation of the struggles that black people faced when race was a big deal. Where black people weren’t able to stay in diners, they always have to go to the back, while in the front it was for the white people to come through. Around this era, black people weren’t liked and had to fight to make a change in white perceptions of us as humans. If you’re able to see the video of this song, you’ll see a visual of black men walking through the front door where the whites go through into a diner and it ended up creating an issue with the workers and the people who were already dining there. Spill drinks on them, try pulling them out of the diner because they make us feel like we were weak, have white supremacy having their eyes on them for just sitting where the white folks usually sit to eat & drink.

Daddy Lessons: Family & Kinship

I chose the song “Daddy Lessons” by Beyoncé for the chapter of based on Family & Kinship. This song represents a glimpse of Beyoncé’s life growing up with her family. Her dad taught her to be strong and not trust men that was like him. Someone who was controlling or ended up relying on cheating.

No church in the wild: Culture

I chose this song because Jay-Z talks about what culture turned out to be.

Power: power

I chose this song because he talks about how power can change someone and how much power can influence people’s perception of them.

Our pick all together is the electric slide because that is a song that brings kinships, family, and marriages together at different events.

Chapter 10 Fieldwork

The layoffs hit across many divisions, including the engineering and machine learning units, the teams that manage content moderation, and t

This article is an example of Karl Marx theory of class because it shows how the working class is at the mercy of the Capital class, which causes conflict. Elon Musks is cutting jobs at twitter which is putting people in hard spots because this is how people are paying their bills and making money to live. The employees did not receive any warnings they just woke up to not being able to use their work emails. The capital class in this case is Elon Musks, who has just bought twitter and is already creating a negative relationship with the people who work there. This will cause conflict and strain with some of the people working there.

Dr. Jill Biden had a feeling the final two weeks before midterm elections would be intense.

This article is an example of Pierre Bourdieu theory of class because Jill Biden is using her and her husbands values, norms, and knowledge to gain more power and status throughout the states. Joe Biden used his values and norms to gain more popularity during the presidential elections as well as now, so that he can gain more American citizens to follow him. Jill Biden is also vouching for her husband, so she travels around the country speaking about what they believe in, in order to gain power throughout all of the states big or small.

On a late August evening in New Delhi, journalists' phones started buzzing with messages. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate had

This article is an example of Max Weber's theory on social class because it is showing how billionaire Gautam Adani who has already had a prestige name for himself has also obtained more power because he stocks recently increased over 50% in only a few days. Now that he is a billionaire and only getting richer he can easily gain the three p's. Power, Property, and Prestige. Adani started out as anyone else. He did not even finish college which some people look down on, however he was able to gain a name for himself and also make a way to become rich which made the 3 p's reachable, and now he has a hand in all 3.

Chapter 9 fieldwork

In my kinship chart you can see a clear difference in my father’s side of the family and my mother’s side of the family. My father only has one sister, which they both share the same parents, while on my mothers side she has 8 siblings including herself. On my mothers side the younger 4 siblings have the same dad which is my grandpa. My grandma and grandpa were married up until he passed away. The oldest 4 all have the same dad. My dad’s sister has 3 children, however she is not married. On my mothers side only 2 of my aunts are currently married, and my mother was married to my dad before she passed away. My mother was the only one to have children by her husband other than my grandmother. A pattern I noticed for my family is divorce, having children prior to meeting their current spouse, or just having kids and never marrying at all. On my mothers side 8 out of 8 of my grandma’s children have been married before or are currently married. Even with the negative connotations of having kids outside of marriage, and being divorced, my family is very close knit.

Fieldwork CH. 5: Example of How Is Race Constructed Around The World

White privilege

The beverage company apologized for an ad featuring Kendall Jenner giving a smiling officer a soda at a protest.

This Pepsi ad with Kendall Jenner was controversial in 2017 because the ad made it seem that because she was white and famous protests were easy. Even though protest do not go like this especially with the many BLM movements that have ended with protesters being tear gassed and other cruel things at the hands of police, Pepsi made it seem like all it takes was a cold drink to end the madness.

Microaggression

https://www.ypmedia.co/1000-cuts

This campaign gives various examples of ways people can be “casually discriminated” against in everyday life. Many people do this and do not realize they are doing it, however it is still offensive, because it is limiting to the different races.

Institutional Racism

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/jim-crow-who-laws-what-usa-when-end/

This picture shows how in the 1960’s every aspect of life for anyone who wasn’t white was hard. Everything was segregated to where people of color had to use different ficillates that were nastier than what white people used. Racism was embedded in the church, government, and schools.

Racial Ideology

This ad is an example of racial ideology because it infers that young black girls need perms and that's who their main audience is even though anyone can have kinky hair texture.

Individual Racism

https://www.insider.com/hm-coolest-monkey-sweatshirt-apology-reactions-2018-1

This is an ad that showed an example of individual racism that was tone death and also ignorant because black people have been called monkeys and apes for generations on end, so to put a black child in a hoodie that calls him a monkey is racist.

Colonialism

Vladimir Putin has announced Russia is annexing Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

This map is an example of colonialism because it shows how Russia is trying to take over Ukraine through military force, so that Russia can cover more land and have more rule over those people living in Ukraine.

Fieldwork 2: The Culture of Consumerism

While creating this list I took into consideration how often I use certain things and if it makes my everyday life easier, or if it would be detrimental to me if it was taken away. Most people, when they look at their items to see if they are wants or needs, they look at it drastically. They might ask themselves if they would die without a certain item. I feel that if an item in my life, such as my computer, makes things easier for me like completing my assignments on time in a comfortable manner, then it is a need. While my list has many items that I believe are needed, I have a higher amount of wants. A lot of the things that are wanted in my life consist of clothes or shoes that I find would make my appearance better. I take pride in being able to have different clothing and shoe choices because I love being able to mix and match, and dress up any way I would like. One thing that I can say is one of the most needed things in my life right now is my Ipad. Coming to college I invested in my Ipad because I did not want the hassle of keeping up with different notebooks or papers. My Ipad has made my life here at school considerably easier because my schooling is at my fingertips and it is in a controlled space, just the way I like it, and it takes up nothing but storage.

Fieldwork CH. 1

The Air conditioner is a summertime necessity that everyone has in their home. The first AC was created in 1902, in Brooklyn NewYork, by an engineer named Willis Carrier, also known as the father of the air conditioner. Brooklyn was experiencing 2 very hot summers back to back. His first model of the air conditioner was air being pushed through pipes that had cold water in them. However, even before Willis there is reports of people trying to figure out ways to cool off. In the second century China a man named Ding Huane who came up with the concept of have a fan that worked manually, and also Benjamin Franklin who in, 1758, used alcohol evaporation to obtain freezing points. People have always been trying to find ways to cool theirselves off.

As summer approaches, bringing with it soaring temperatures and unbearable humidity, millions of people will turn on that marvel of discover

The invention was once received with chilly skepticism but has become a fixture of American life

The AC was first made and manufactured in Brooklyn NewYork. Willis Carrier started to mass produce air conditioners to publishing companies, so that the printers would not over heat during the hot summer months. He first started making the air conditioners at Buffalo Forge Company in 1902. Carrier had to find a way to control the humidity because the heat was making the magazines to wrinkle because of the moisture.

Learn about some of the key milestones in one of the most important inventions of modern times -- air conditioning.

Most people can’t even imagine going a day without an air conditioner. Every home, hospital, and business all have air conditioning in order to stay cool. Many people have created businesses on strictly fixing air conditioners for other people and make very good money. Also, air conditioners have become a way of life for mostly everybody. Without an AC people would get sick in the heat and wouldn’t be able to thrive without for a long period of time. At one point in time AC was a luxury, however now it is a necessity and a way of living for most of the world.

One of the biggest AC company’s to this day is named after Willis Carrier. The Carrier Corporation, not only specializes in air conditioners, but they have also expand to refrigerators, food service equipment, and fire and security technologies. As of 1979 United Technologies Corp. owns Carrier Corp., so they are they ones who over see the company’s production in todays time. United Technologies Corp. has partner ships with different countries also. The current CEO of Carrier air conditioning is David Gitlin. He is a multi millionaire in today’s time an still is the CEO as of April 2021.

The Connecticut-based parent of Carrier Corp., which recently laid off hundreds in Indianapolis, has announced plans to divide into three in

Key Dynamic of Globalization

Uneven development

This photo represents uneven development because it shows how the rich neighborhoods are only going to grow and the poor neighborhoods are only going to get worse, however they’re in the same space.

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