23FA Class #13: Blinded by Choice

[@fritzco55]

I LOVE the opening statement: "You will misrepresent what you do not understand." So true.

[@OuterHeaven210]

I love that this guy exists and is teaching the future generations about the reality of race!!

[@joechristensen8531]

😅😅

[@cyma_gaming]

More a cultural background, or social, than “race”. I mean, even the concept of “race” in humans has not much sense.

[@ChrisSmith74627]

Sam is truly exceptional, I follow his lectures from Europe. His approach is magnificent

[@taylorcarrell3584]

Very interesting to hear the perspectives of these people. In my culture (White, fourth generation Texan), shame is the primary motivator for my brother and I to not cheat in school. In fact, shame and judgment keeps our family from acting outside of the “moral code” in all aspects of life. I would say this code could be summed up easily with words such as honesty, commitment, and self-reliance. It could also be summed up with the phrase, “You say you’re gonna do something, so you do it. Period, the end.” It was very hard to listen to the young woman sharing her experience cheating due to her busy schedule as a dance student. I found myself irritated and frustrated with her trying to rationalize her cheating with saying that she had to cheat due to her schedule. That rationalization, had it occurred in my immediate family, would be cause for ruthless anger and serious excommunication. Though, if one of us owns up to our behavior (admitting to cheating and admitting to using our busy schedule as the rationalization/excuse for cheating), my family would be much more understanding and supportive while trying to ensure that we don’t stray to that path again. It was very fascinating to explore my reaction to her speaking, so thanks for that opportunity!

[@inxbyinxby7837]

And there is this word that isn't used very much anymore: Honor.

[@taylorcarrell3584]

@@inxbyinxby7837 I definitely grew up in an honor-centered culture.

[@MacroAggressor]

I'm curious, what would you say were the biggest factors in your family cultivating that culture/code?

[@All_forthelove]

I literally am working on my Public Health masters while listening to his classes more and more. 😂 just school on top of school 😅 but I love his classes!

[@user-mc9du9xk2o]

Just my opinion, but😊, I think this class should be your first class every year. This is the foundation of where your coming from and I personally didn't get that concept till today. Very important class. Thank you

[@CalmDownJack]

LOVE THIS PROFESSOR. pretending to go to college watching this warrior speak

[@rufusrizzo78]

Thanks for sharing! The freshman guy nailed it! I'm glad to see these classes are being taught!

[@brian5700]

This man is a national treasure.

[@chitray]

I appreciate the weight put on this being an academic analysis or perspective earlier in the lecture to clarify that it its not a legal or personal opinion. I feel like thats the part that gets muddled the most in universities and by extension in the professors' as well as the students' minds. Having that established, any conversation can and should be had. 👍

[@JA-hv8ri]

I would like to see a discussion about the importance of biology in behavior. It is not just choice and chance. It is also your prefrontal cortex and your amygdala and the sociological factors that affect brain development and function. Robert Sopolsky h written extensively about this.

[@skrewler]

um, that girl saying she cheated all throughout school because she was a dancer... there's plenty of us that didn't cheat. at all. she does realize she took someone's spot at a top school? I think the prof, sort of started to say as much, but stopped himself short of shaking her. couldn't believe how candid she was.

[@dwkwb8]

Choosing to wear shoes, or pants is on a completely different level, then choosing to commit violent crime, and the factors that influence that decision are levels of magnitude more complex than the decision to wear a piece of clothing.

[@WhatWhoandY]

Generally, the universal experience of growing up, as when we are little kids, we experience being on both sides of having things stolen and experiencing pain - we are all able to grasp how we don’t want to be stolen from, and we don’t want others to harm us - therefore any justification or influence on a person to steal or hurt others goes against our ‘natural’ experience and knowledge of the ‘wrongness’ of such behavior. Thus we all know that something as basic as pain and theft to others is wrong because we know we wouldn’t ‘want’ it done to us. I like this discussion otherwise

[@matteotomaso7204]

@16:21 Well stated. ID: "WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?" Answers are in the spoken word, history, and current actions. So interesting.

[@dwkwb8]

Not considering a possibility, because it’s inconsistent with your values is not the same as not making a decision.

[@rohlfing63]

Love these videos (not a student), but is it possible to eliminate the dead time before the audio begins? In this video for example it's the first 3:30.

[@SOC119]

Hey @rohlfing63 We always start the stream a few minutes early to make sure we don't need to do any technical troubleshooting. We always put in the description the placement of the "pre-class" when the audio is muted, any class announcements, and the beginning of the semester. Once students are completed using this lecture for an assignment, we will add ALL the timestamps for this lecture! KZbin has added editing, but we haven't messed with it too much in fear the video processes incorrectly and we have to re-upload the video. It's happened before, although the editing software is getting better and better. I might bring up the idea of cutting out the Pre-Class section! In the meantime, check the bottom of the description! Thanks for watching and your feedback! ~ Jeff, Lead Mod and Editor

[@fritzco55]

While the professor is looking for what the group does, what about the vast scores of people do not really identify as a part of a group? Can we transcend these boxes and stereo types withheld from within the group and without the group, AND also keep the "group" in tact?

[@jeschinstad]

More important than you can understand.

[@mercuryrising2424]

Dr. Sam, are you really comparing 'white collar crimes' that these kids parents supposedly 'commit' to the crime of carjacking?

[@SpencerHeath-q4m]

22:39 imao if you study a stereotype of any group what do you find. Then after gathering your hypothesis about people what do study’s actually say about what is happening. Add in a mathematical equation and now you have a use for calculus.

[@antipathy17]

You should have a conversation about the Canadian Nazi standing ovation.

[@turangatohiariki3042]

Some people's had no choice when it was taken by colonisation

[@nikisawyers7559]

From Philly… Kensington brought up yikes

[@fritzco55]

@49:20 Professor points out the whitest girl you know and asked her if she was in a sorority. 🤣😆

[@RustyShackleford42069]

Very interesting that Dr. Richards is saying that Arabs are an extremely honest culture. I've heard the complete opposite. Of course that is from service members so that could be a significant factor.

[@SpencerHeath-q4m]

43:20 now something I understand in prostitution and criminal activity if I can hook you on a drug your dependency can make a lot of money for a nefarious person.

[@Beau136]

"Don't be a dick" 😂

[@nether6209]

Evan D

[@dylan2881]

This could be condensed by about a half if it were better prepared. There needs to be less thinking on the spot and filler words used by everyone. Also, when you continue to speak before you have formulated your thoughts, you waffle for minutes with no value. SOC should be an exciting subject, but the 1 minute KZbin short that brought me here contained all the information this entire 1-hour lecture included, which is the sad part.

[@danielwebb8402]

Soft bigotry of low expectations.

[@huntershelton6713]

He seems full of himself. If you wouldn’t pay money for a course giving you pertinent information presented in a well-thought manner you shouldn’t have to pay for it to get a college degree. I just don’t see how this is relevant to obtain a college degree. I get he’s doing his best, but I feel this course could be taught better.

[@nikisawyers7559]

Have you actually watched all of the videos? Appears that you have some biases that you maybe haven’t reconciled?