Violence: An American Traditio
A father walks into his son's room with something wrapped around his hand. Unwinding the whip, he swings it at his son ripping the flesh off the boys back. A mother covers her baby's face with a fluffy pillow, while putting her baby to bed, cutting the air supply to her newborn. Ordinarily, violence refers to physical trauma or injury: something is violent if flesh has been torn or bones have been broken, but violence also suggests that the trauma has not just occurred accidentally; it has been inflicted. This is a picture of horror, but also a picture of reality; Violence is an American tradition. In the movie, Violence: An American Tradition, our eyes were opened to what America is like. Ethnocentrism, Objectification, Domestic Violence, and Racism are only a few topics that were focused on in the movie. When individuals know that others are present, and they as individuals do not bear the full burden of responsibility, and make the assumption that 'someone must have taken care of it', or 'somebody has already done something about it', is known as Diffused Responsibility. This phenomenon has been thoroughly researched since the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York in 1964. "She was
Social Stratification is the division of a society into layers, or social classes, whose occupants have unequal access to social opportunities and rewards. Both immigrants, and under class African Americans were segregated in society. Immigrants were considered inferior to white native born Americans, and were unemployed. African Americans just couldn't get better. Once slaves, but after slavery ended, it wasn't much different for them; they were paid terribly, and were mistreated. Institutional discrimination are the policies and programs that produce a negative outcome for one social category of people compared to another. Two examples of institutional discrimination are "Rule of Thumb" and "No Duty to Retreat." The "Rule of Thumb" was a law which stated that men were allowed to beat their wives as long as the object used was not thicker than his thumb. However, women were not allowed to do the same to the men. "No Duty to Retreat," also known as the right to stand one's ground, is a justifiable homicide. It is the engrossing account of how the idea of self defense emerged. In the movie this was shown by "duos" between two men, or killing somebody in your home. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to evaluate other cultures in terms of ones own, concluding that the other cultures are inferior. White supremacy on the natives by Christopher Columbus is an example as how he felt his culture was superior to the Indians, beginning the violence in America. The Ku Klux Klan is another group that believed in ethnocentrism, by discriminating and killing black people. A symbol is an object, sound, or gesture that expresses or evokes a meaning. In the movie the Ku Klux Klan is a symbol of hatred and racism. The killing of blacks and Jews, and the burning of crosses are all acts of violence, and are symbols of violence. The Indians "Ghost Dance" is a symbolic ritual of remembrance to old ancestors. Child abuse and battering of wives are examples of domestic violence seen in the video. Domestic violenc
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