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Chapter 13 Fieldwork: Migration

Hello , today I am telling the immigration story of a young 28 year old Hispanic woman. Born in Mexico in a very poor community, with the thought of never knowing if they were going to survive the next day. Her house was made with sticks and the restrooms were portable, and had to take showers with a bucket. She came to the United States illegally. Her family who lived in the states raised money to pay someone to smuggle her into the country. In the process of being smuggled she said it was the scariest moment of her life. Not knowing at any moment they could be exposed or found, and her life would be worse than it already was. She was in the car for over 4 days with others, and stated the driver barely stopped. Some didn’t make it the entire trip , some died from famish , and others were very sick. She said they barely stopped to allow them to use the bathroom; so it was a horrible smell of feces and they had no choice but to use the bathroom on themselves.

When she was 19 years old living here in the states, she had friends and met a guy who she considered to be her best friend. On his birthday she wanted to throw him a party. Attending was him, her and another friend . However, the other friend had to abruptly leave. Continuing the party, she and her “best-friend” began to drink. As they sat and talked , he brought her a drink while she was sitting in her computer chair. While sitting in the chair and drinking, her head began to spin and next thing she knew everything was distorted and she was nauseous. After spinning everything went blank and she was left with only two memories. One was that she was wearing less clothing and as she repeatedly tried to get up, all she could feel was herself falling, describing it as uncontrollably scary . As she laid there, he proceeded to remove her clothing then everything went blank again. Her second memory was of her being raped. She states that she still feels damaged from this situation, so she prefers not to talk about it. So, no further details were given.

The next morning when she came to, she was fully dressed and he was just sitting there staring at her. She pretended that she couldn’t remember anything, so that she would be able to try to escape. By acting clueless he allowed her to go to her car, where she escaped and contacted the authorities. The police instructed her to go to the hospital. Once she was there, they told her she had a high level of a “date rape” drug in her system. This led to a case being conducted and during a court hearing, he said “she's an illegal immigrant she doesn’t belong here”, and spoke to her as if she was nothing. She states this is why she was afraid to talk about it, because her fear of having to leave again was always a risk and the consequences of being caught as an illegal immigrant.

She was told in court that there was a visa that had the capability to protect her. It was called U-Visa and the idea behind it is for when the person who was waiting for their visa card, the abuser will not be allowed to randomly post falsified charges against her to make her get deported. Over time she had developed temporary vision loss and suffered from many mental illnesses due to her trauma. She eventually received her visa, but it only lasted for 4 years. It is a requirement that you have to renew every 4 years, and if you do anything it could jeopardize your visa status. These penalties like getting in trouble or anything will have you deported. Soon after this court case she had to return home to Mexico to assist in the aid of her grandmother. When her grandmother passed away she returned to the states. She wanted to return to what her version of a better life was and has made one for herself despite all that she has been through.

Interview Response

1.) We chose the question’s because we felt like they were most relatable to the chapter , and we also wanted to ask why to get a more extensive response and understand the POV of the person being interviewed.

2.) A-lot of the younger people in responses that i have gotten were ok with being arranged marriages for a financial gain . but there was also those who stood on there morals and feelings and simply said they wouldn’t do it .

3) it surprised me the amount of younger people , that even for financial gain they wouldn’t be in an arranged marriage. it also surprised me to see the amount of people who had stuck with their moral compass and chose not to for financial gain. My only reasoning of saying is that is because the younger generation of music promotes and falsely validates taking advantage of men and using them for their money , so you would think with the opportunity presented they would take it. In all actuality i’m happy that that wasn’t their response because it goes to show that even if you listen to a type of music that doesn’t mean you will embody the music your listening to and act out the behaviors .

Chapter 11 Economy Concept Map

Chapter 10 FieldWork

Marx Theory

It’s fashionable to declare that Marxism doesn’t have much to say about complex, modern societies. But class and the material interests it g

Marx’s theory on social class implies that an individual’s position within a class hierarchy is determined by their role in the production process, also in argument states political and ideological consciousness is determined by class position. The pyramid of capitalist system shows the food chain of social class , putting the rich at the top standing on their pedestal and the poor holding the weight of every other class on their shoulders. A quote pulled from this article says “Workers’ electoral status and social conditions once worked in tandem with the class structure to push workers toward a common identity,”. I feel like common identity applies to where someone stands within a class hierarchy. Based upon someone’s position at work someone would stereotype or guess their place in the class hierarchy. For Example , people generalize cleaning personnel/ maintenance to be lower class , or farmers would be lower class , or big time corporate men and work in stocks and foreign exchange and politicians to be High class , another example low class people are predominantly incarcerated, and or unemployed and take on low end jobs to get by. Some may not agree but I feel like social status does play a big part in an individual’s position within a class hierarchy.

Webers Theory

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Weber’s theory on social class argued owning property such as factories or equipment is only part of what determines a person’s social class. This implies the rank of where you are in life is based on what you own. This can definitely make a statement if you wanted to agree in favor of this shows that because of privilege you already would have a head start in social class. Most middle/lower class people rent their homes and typically don't own anything until afterwhile . Most apartment complexes do not do rent to own so every month they are not getting closer to owning their home but just paying someone else ownership of the property. i think this is an in accurate depiction of social class because someone can be very well off and still chose not to “own” anything simply because they don't want to settle for anything, this can apply to vehicles, homes , boats , anything some people lease and rent because they don't want to take on the responsibility of ownership not because of not being able to afford something.

Bourdieu’s theory

British higher education has been hijacked by the middle-class. Since tuition fees were raised in 2012 our universities have become ever mor

Bourdieu’s theory of social class argues social class is not “defined” by any particular property but rather by “the structure of relations between all the pertinent properties.” This basically means a group of people that share common nature and the same living conditions as would define class. This separates people as “The dominator’s” and “The dominated” its a sad but true distinction on the social society. This article explains British hierarchy and how they feel people should stop pretending to be working class . For-example , Middle class people like to hide what privilege’s they have over the lower class , they want to reclassify class and make their own privilege seem natural . This is wrong and i don’t agree with it .

Chapter 9 #Team1

1. what do you define family as?

2. Would you be in a polygamist relationship? Why or why not?

3. Do you think you have more conjugal or consanguineal family?

4. would you be in an arranged marriage? why or why not?

Chapter 6 Fieldwork

Introducing my Family

These are my Great-Great-Grandparents Roger Elliot and Ethel Elliot. They started their family in Erwin, North Carolina . They had 4 boys and 5 girls Barbara, William, Annie, Mabel, Duncan, June, Fred, Della , Aliza. So they had a very large family My great grandmother Mabel Elliot moved from Erwin, North Carolina after having her second child in 1957 she moved to Baltimore, Maryland. My great-grandmother Mabel had 4 children of her own one daughter and three sons : Barbara , Boe , Micheal , and Stanley.

This is my grandmother Barbara McNeil’s Wedding in 1994 where you can see majority of my aunts and uncles. My grandmother had five children of her own : Leshawn , Shawanda , Sherita , Damon , and Marcus (Sr). This is a great oppurtunity to Catch a moment in time this was 6 years before I was born.

This is my great-grandfather William (rabbit) McNeil this is my great grandmother Mabels husband he also was located in North Carolina but his family was located in Raleigh , North Carolina . So once they got together and started their family they chose to relocate their family . He passed away In 2005 from an heart attack and liver failure. he was so family oriented we all looked up to him , I have brief memories of him but I definitely remember him.

This was an image from the celebration of my cousin De’aisya Sutton being born in October 1999 . My mother is in the top corner (Brained Bob) and my father is on the floor with ( gold tooth smiling) . This is one of the rare photos with my great-grandparents together . My mother was pregnant with me I was born the following year in July 24th, 2000.

This is my great grandmother Mabel McNeil, Me and my younger brother Marlon at the bottom of the picture, my father Marcus Sutton Sr on the right of me , and my Uncle Damon Sutton on left side of my great grandmother .

This is my family My mother Sheba Boozer and my father Marcus Sutton Sr had 5 children : Marcus Sutton Jr (me) , Marlon Sutton, Matthew Sutton, Mason and Madison. My mother tried so hard to have girl and she never gave up and god gave her a set of twins in 2021.

My family both the Elliots and McNeill’s have lived in the United States. Since the 1800′s at least that's how far I can date back. For the longest time they were a southern family located in North Carolina. My family has always embraced American nationalism as African American or Black ; we keep our American nationalism with our family traditions and recipes. For example, we have a yearly family reunion for each side of the family, because my great grandmother doesn't like to leave out of the house we frequently have cook-out’s and gatherings at her house on holidays so that we can still have some family orientation. Being proud of who you are and being confident in everything that you do has always been important rules my family has enforced for generations. I can honestly say this help me get where I am today. My view has not changed on ethnicity and nationalism from my family but I definitely grasped a-lot about family orientation and the representation of phenotypes and genotypes and how strong some of my family’s genes are. Viewing other’s work shows me how other people’s family has a more variety of ethnicity so they have cool background’s and also have family from all over the world.

#blacklove #blackexcelence #family #americannationalism

Chapter 5 Feildwork - Race

A Genotype is the inherited genetic factors that provide the framework for an organism's physical form. this applies to all thing genetic, this could be genetic disorders . For example , Down syndrome, albinism , Apert syndrome, and Tourette’s syndrome. Even thought they vary in characteristics genetic disorders can pass through people who carry the trait and don’t technically have it themselves. In the example above it shows how genetic disorders can pass randomly , the mother and father had 2 children 1 was affected 1 was not . the not affected continues on and has 2 children and they are also unaffected. now on the other hand the affected paired with someone who is not and have 4 kids 2 affected , 2 not . i wish there was a way to stop the pass of genetic disorders but its not.

A Phenotype is the way genes are expressed in an organism's physical form as a result of genotype interaction with environmental factors.This media relates to phenotype because your eye color is one of the man examples of a way your genes are expressed in a physical form. Your eye color can vary no matter what ethnicity or race you are . stereotypically people in america judge people by the color of their skin to judge what race they are or the color of the eye color that corresponds with the race. Its so unfair i have seem African Americans with blue eyes and it was a beautiful sight to see.

White Supremacy is the belief that whites are biologically different from and superior to people of other races. in this image you are seeing what appear to be a kkk rally , the Klu Klux Klan has a very extensive history of brutal violence and is one of the biggest most famous hate groups in America. they are responsible for multiple lynches and hangings throughout history. i have witnessed a riot similar to this when i was in charlotte, Sc over winter break so for things to still be happening in current time it’s scary and its unacceptable.

Individual Racism is personal prejudiced beliefs and discriminatory actions based on race. This is the show “Family Guy” this show is filled with a lot of dark humor. But in this photo they are implying that all Asians or Chinese people are smart and are good at math . This is a huge problem in American society , forcing people to live up to something because of there racial background is inappropriate and rude! everyone goes though struggles just imagine being this race and struggling in the subject and you have rude people like this that force a standard as rude as this on you.

Microagression is common , everyday verbal or behavioral indignities and slights that communicate hostile, derogatory, and negative messages about someone's race, gender, sexual orientation or religion. In this picture you have a black woman who is frustrated that because of her social preferences or her upbringing that makes her more intellectual, and proper than other African Americans. she has people questioning her race and telling her shes acting proper just by the way she preforms or because of her speech or interest that makes her race different. this is a big issue in American RACE DOES NOT EXIST !!!! we must stop these stereotypical comments.

Institutional racism is patterns by which racial inequality is structured through key cultural institutions, policies, and systems. in this example we have an all white collage. during this time both blacks and whites were able to be educated in collage they were just segregated, but not only by the color but by the budget. the predominately white schools are funded more have a higher success rate and they are just more privileged. so not only did African Americans have to face hardship in education they also didn’t have the proper tools to fund the institution for people to be successful. but we are smart enough to use what we had to get what we need and now they are so many HBCU’s (Historical Black College University) Country wide .

AAA Ethics Discussions

Yes i agree with my groups rank order(1,3,7,2,4,6,5) Because so many of the rules were broken. Harm was placed upon this women (an extraction) without her knowledge and consent. This is also negating from maintaining a respectful and ethical professional relationship because had she or her family been notified things could have went completely different. He also was not open or honest regarding his work because he basically stole it from her. she deserved to know. weighing and competing ethical obligations due collaborators and affected parties were not put into place at all .

My Ideas didn’t change after watching the video. The order we placed it in was the order i previously chose before watching the video and luckily it applied to the video.

Fieldwork #1: Making Yeezy’s Familiar

Yeezys are Kanye West Design of shoes produced though Adidas. Yeezys are manufactured in china under Adidas. They come in sneakers, slides , foam runners, boots, hoodies , and coats. I purchased the Yeezy slides (left tan) from DTLR (Downtown Locker-Room) They were 75$ plus tax i luckily caught them when they were released at retail. I purchased the Yeezy boots (middle tan) from GOAT (online shoe reseller) they were 500$ they were completely sold out everywhere so the only way to purchase was through a resale source. I purchased the Yeezy Foam-runner’s (right tan) They were 300$ i purchased them from GOAT as well. Combining all of the seven styles their 280k pairs of real Yeezys in the world . The annual revenue in 2020 was $1.7 billion dollars. The retail for the shoes are 75$ and the retail price is about 2 or 3 times the retail price depending on your shoe size, i wear a 12-13 thats why they are so expensive. The shoes come from they come from a factory , they are mass produced and the workers make under 5$ an hours so they are over worked and underpaid.

History of Yeezy’s

Yeezy was founded by Kanye West in 2009 ( with Adidas) , Kanye 1st entered the design industry in 2006 he had some unreleased designs , everything he posted only he had them so it was only 1 of 1 pieces. Everyone who was interested in having them could only see him with them there was no way of purchasing them. In 2009 The Yeezy brand / company initially collaborated with Nike he stated with nike for 4 years . Kanye claimed that nike was not paying him enough. He called them out during a concert stating that “ nike treats employees just like slaves”

After a five year collaboration with nike , Kanye started up with Adidas with the released of the Yeezy 1 and 2 9,000 pairs sold out within 10 minutes. They have always been a shoe that was hard to come by especially at retail pricing , you would have to purchase the shoe for about 2/3 times the amount of the shoes.

Yeezys are made in china but in 2023 Kanye had ended with adidas and is trying to start creation of his brand here in the United States.

I am what my generation would call a " Sneaker-Head" , i have a different type of style i wear things the normal person would not , i go out my way to go against the normality of male dressing and also bigger male dressing. So Yeezys fit the description very well , they are different , they are weird , so they caught my eye. So only impact i would say they have on my life are they are comfortable and i like them, thats really it they don't have any drastic life changing effect other than for style and comfortablility.

Kanye , Adidas , and the Chinese labor factory's . They have been investigated from a U.S based China Labor Watch . It has been pointed out that the workers may be earning more than minimum wage , their monthly pay of 147 pounds, or $184, is less than a pair of Yeezy Boost sneakers cost 150 pounds or $187 at current exchange. Employees are forced to work overtime in order to make ends meet . on average clocking 10 hour shifts six days a week , and they must arrive 15 mins early . After being exposed Adidas said it is “fully committed to protecting worker rights and to ensuring fair and safe working conditions in factories throughout our global supply chain.” Then The German company also clarified that take-home wage consists of the monthly wage plus benefits such as performance bonuses, meal allowance, living allowance and seniority bonus. so life has improved for them than the last couple years , but things could still get better.

Britain’s Daily Mirror teamed with China Labor Watch on a factory investigation.

Yeezy is one of the greatest footwear brands in the sneaker industry owned by Kanye West. Innovation and massive production of Yeezys came w

#anthropology #Yeezy

The Globalization-Key Dynamics

Time Space compression- The time it takes to travel has improved so much since historic times. It used to take months to travel 500 miles, compared to now we can travel 500 miles in nearly hours or days.

Flexible Accumulation- Is how companies make their money. this is the use of innovative industrial technologies , as human life begins to evolve its best the technology does to to ensure the quality of life

Increasing Migration- People simply travel a-lot more, and everyone can get around much faster. It’s a normal thing for people to relocate in another state or country and start a new life , this relates to: family (have children), and friends. Covid-19 was spread from china; this can only be possible because of migration.

Uneven Development- Is the representation of a digital divide, some are very wealthy and have no issues, and then there are those who have nothing at all. 3.9 billion people have access to internet , but in these “black holes” 3.5 billion still have no access to internet whatsoever.

Adapting To and Changing The Natural World- This is the advancement of technology and the difference you make in the world. The development of the time and speed has increased tremendously , so technology had to follow up look at the change of the telephone , now everyone walks around with a laptop in there pocket (your phone can do the same-thing a laptop does)

#Sociology #Anthropology #Evolution

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