Sociological Analysis Of The Documentary 'Displaced In The South'

Displaced in the South Sociological Analysis Three obvious sociological terms that are consistent throughout the documentary are ‘prejudice’, ‘discrimination’, and ‘racism’. These three terms tie into each other and are fairly similar, especially prejudice and racism. An example of this is when the oriental girl who was injured had to have a translator speak for her even though she already knew and spoke English. The ambulance driver was extremely prejudice in this instant. He assumed because the female was asian that she could not speak English even though it was apparent that she could because she was speaking English with the person who needed to “translate” for her. An example of discrimination appeared from the very beginning of the documentary. The Hispanic man who was being interviewed basically explained that the Hispanics could coincide with the caucasians because they worked very hard for little pay and they all worked long hours. The problem was that as soon as the Hispanic members in the community attempted to celebrate their culture with one another, the
There were two examples of this. The first one being about the school that had “International Day” where different races, ethnic groups, and cultures could rejoice and demonstrate their homeland’s culture. The school, which was predominantly white, accepted this ethnic variation within their school’s society and let different ethnic groups have the main stage in their school for the day - something that does not happen very often. Another example of pluralism was the bars and clubs where the Vietnamese and also Hispanic people attended. They were able to dance and practice their culture’s customs at a location within a white community. It was accepted by the people of the community and many of the people who did not belong to that culture found it exciting and fun to see foreign groups demonstrating their