Thursday, May 9, 2013

Deviance

In sociology, we talked about how deviance is formed in our society. Like how something is socially constructed, deviance is formed through how we perceive how someone is, and a big part of that perception is one's social class. We also listened to a podcast of a real drug investigation in a high school somewhere in Florida. Although the man who was really close to the female officer didn't mean no harm, whom never said yes to drugs, and had good grades were looked down upon when he was basically forced to sell marijuana to the disguised police officer that he fell in love with the first time he laid eyes on her. This was clearly unfair because on top of getting suspended, the police officer claimed that he made the transaction with her without taking into account what was his motive which was the pressure of his crush asking him for something. Without that variable taking into place, that kid wouldn't even get close into getting caught in this mess. And once you are labeled deviant, it will stay with you forever.

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