item: #1 of 100 id: csf-3707 author: Voisard, Victor title: Employee Empowerment and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace date: 2023 words: 6669 flesch: 43 summary: Other Research Hypotheses: “Age” would have a positive effect on employee satisfaction (i.e. older employees would display higher employee satisfaction). “Job Rank” would have a positive effect on employee job satisfaction (i.e. the higher an employee’s rank in the organizational hierarchy would lead to higher employee satisfaction). keywords: employee; employee satisfaction; empowerment; job; management; satisfaction; sociology; survey; variables; work; workers cache: csf-3707.pdf plain text: csf-3707.txt item: #2 of 100 id: csf-3709 author: Ok, Kevin title: Residential Patterns of Chinese and Korean Americans in Greater Los Angeles date: 2023 words: 1585 flesch: 55 summary: Ethnic Los Angeles. The Chinese, on the other hand, already have a significantly large area of concentration in the San Gabriel Valley that was well established by intense investment from overseas as well as local economic activity. keywords: allen; americans; area; chinese cache: csf-3709.pdf plain text: csf-3709.txt item: #3 of 100 id: csf-3710 author: Martinez, Alex title: Prison Size and Inmate Rule Violation date: 2023 words: 2062 flesch: 50 summary: In this study we look at a data set collected by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation to analyze any possible connections between prison size and inmate rule violation. With the recent media coverage on the over- crowding of prisons and prison riots, the question arises: Is there a relationship between prison size and rate of inmate rule violation? keywords: inmate; number; prisons; regression cache: csf-3710.pdf plain text: csf-3710.txt item: #4 of 100 id: csf-3711 author: Inzunza, Gerardo title: A Review and Analysis of Eviatar Zerubavel’s Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology date: 2023 words: 3175 flesch: 46 summary: To illustrate the scope and agenda of cognitive sociology, Zerubavel discusses six particular cognitive elements to reveal the relevance of inter-subjective and normative thinking which are: social optics, social consciousness, the social division of the world, social meanings, social memory, and standard time. These divisions are separated by perceiving (social optics), attending (the social gates of consciousness), classifying (the social division of the world), assigning meaning (social meanings), remembering (social memories), and reckoning time (standard time). keywords: review; society; sociology; thought; time; world; zerubavel cache: csf-3711.pdf plain text: csf-3711.txt item: #5 of 100 id: csf-3712 author: Perry, Charity title: Factors Influencing Changing Religions for Marriage and The Impact Of Such a Change. date: 2023 words: 2903 flesch: 46 summary: In Sherkat’s article, cohort differences were measured in pattern of interfaith mar- riages; the author found that by determining the impact of birth cohorts, educational attainment, educational factors, geographic mobility, and re- ligion of origin on the probability of religious intermarriage and the distance of intermarriage: the data would lead to answer why specific patterns of inter- faith marriages are followed. The key in this classification system is the under- standing that in the United States the religious market is quite distinctive in the South, and that opportunities for religious intermarriage are limited both in the homogeneous South and in rural communities. keywords: children; interfaith; marriage; religion; study cache: csf-3712.pdf plain text: csf-3712.txt item: #6 of 100 id: csf-3713 author: Orrante, Johanna title: Religion Generates Individual and Social Control: Focusing On Values, Beliefs, Morals, Sex, and Marriage date: 2023 words: 1993 flesch: 54 summary: Religion Generates Individual & Social Control: Religion Generates Individual and Social Control: Focusing On Values, Beliefs, Morals, Sex, and Marriage Johanna Orrante Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles In today’s society one must ask if religion is used for individual and social control. keywords: individual; people; religion; social cache: csf-3713.pdf plain text: csf-3713.txt item: #7 of 100 id: csf-3714 author: Marroquin, David title: South Park Social Reality date: 2023 words: 848 flesch: 53 summary: South Park shows us how American egocentric values and culture depicts minorities in America with the realistic view of American society. Given this, South Park demonstrates the minimal values and virtues white American society has towards minorities and how they are endured. keywords: american; society cache: csf-3714.pdf plain text: csf-3714.txt item: #8 of 100 id: csf-3715 author: Cosper, Todd title: The Little Blue Pill and the Rise in STI’s among the Elderly date: 2023 words: 2025 flesch: 64 summary: Yes, this means we need to include the elderly in such risk factors as CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2008, VOL. 1 Today, newly single or widowed men/women in their older years still carry the mentality that they are immune and untouchable when it comes to contracting sexually transmitted diseases. keywords: aids; education; hiv; risk; sti cache: csf-3715.pdf plain text: csf-3715.txt item: #9 of 100 id: csf-3716 author: Banh, Jennifer title: Language Maintenance in Children date: 2023 words: 3807 flesch: 56 summary: On the other hand, if a parent believes that acquiring both languages is beneficial to the child, they may encourage cultural exploration and associate positive feelings such as pride with their ethic identity (Mills 2001).The positive outlook of one’s own culture will help nurture language development in children and increase the likelihood of language maintenance. Language Maintenance in Children Language Maintenance in Children Jennifer Banh Child and Family Studies & Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles The purpose of this paper aims to explore the different areas of language maintenance and the pressures for a child to abandon their native tongue and adopt the dominant language. keywords: children; education; english; language; maintenance; parents cache: csf-3716.pdf plain text: csf-3716.txt item: #10 of 100 id: csf-3717 author: Barrios, Danielle title: A Dissection of Grey’s Anatomy date: 2023 words: 2753 flesch: 54 summary: Women, Men, and Society also report that female characters are more likely to be thin or physically attractive; specifically, 46% of women compared with just 16% of men are thin or very thin (Renzetti &. Two-thirds of female characters are in their twenties and thirties, while 12% are in their forties; 22% of male characters are in their forties for prime-time television CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2008, VOL. 1 keywords: characters; grey; men; women cache: csf-3717.pdf plain text: csf-3717.txt item: #11 of 100 id: csf-3722 author: Holt, Terry title: The Effect of Race on Poverty and the Equality of Minorities date: 2023 words: 6348 flesch: 54 summary: The distinction of racial differences gives way to the belief of an inherent superiority of a particular race while simultaneously ordering other races in a hierarchy. The key independent variable “RACE” was dichotomized as follows: 1) Black or not, and 2) Other race or not. keywords: hypothesis; income; poverty; race; religion; respondents; total; variable cache: csf-3722.pdf plain text: csf-3722.txt item: #12 of 100 id: csf-3723 author: Joseph, Tajia title: The Hair Issue: Political Attitude and Self-Esteem as Determinants of Hairstyle Choices Among African American Women date: 2023 words: 5045 flesch: 58 summary: Therefore, African American women are surveyed about the following two types of hairstyle choices: Natural hair can be defined as not having been unaltered by chemicals and, therefore, does not have a straight look but is tightly coiled in appearance or braided. African American hair was so different that some scholars actually said they were from a different species because the hair was like wool, not like silk. keywords: esteem; hair; hairstyle; issue; self; variables; women cache: csf-3723.pdf plain text: csf-3723.txt item: #13 of 100 id: csf-3724 author: Wang, Lin title: Women’s Liberation Movement: The Second Wave date: 2023 words: 2725 flesch: 55 summary: Radical feminists began acknowledging that their extreme protests led to few long-lasting results. At times, it THE SECOND WAVE by Lin Wang 34 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2010, VOL. 2 (ISSUE 1: 31-36) simply appeared that the efforts of liberal feminists were a joke to the entire political system, and radical feminists would tolerate none of it. keywords: feminists; liberation; movement; states; wave; women cache: csf-3724.pdf plain text: csf-3724.txt item: #14 of 100 id: csf-3725 author: Reyes, Antonia title: Change in Progress date: 2023 words: 2659 flesch: 52 summary: The GLBT struggles are not a modern phenomenon, and the increase of GLBT individuals that are out and open about their identity has increased as a result of a new found perspective. The Civil Rights movement (CRM) took full stage in the 1960’s, and many GLBT organizations decided to support Civil Rights organizations. keywords: community; gay; glbt; individuals; lesbian; movement cache: csf-3725.pdf plain text: csf-3725.txt item: #15 of 100 id: csf-3726 author: Martiryan, Iveta title: Gender and Division of Household Labor date: 2023 words: 4421 flesch: 53 summary: A GENDER AND DIVISION OF HOUSEHOLD LABOR by Iveta Martiryan 49 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2010, VOL. 2 (ISSUE 1: 43-52) wife’s dissatisfaction regarding household labor division plays a vital role in the emergence of conflict between spouses. Researchers have become more and more interested in studying household labor division especially because female work participation reduces the amount of time women have to perform housework, placing more demands on men to pick up the slack (Batalova & Cohen 2002). keywords: division; gender; household; housework; labor; time; women cache: csf-3726.pdf plain text: csf-3726.txt item: #16 of 100 id: csf-3727 author: Bouvet, Michael title: An Exploratory Look at Solidarity and Support between Siblings in Young and Middle Adulthood date: 2023 words: 5685 flesch: 53 summary: For example, growing up with both parents predicted more interactions among adult siblings, whereas those raised in single parent families had significantly more diminished contact in later life (White and Riedmann 1992). This is evident in both research of adolescent siblings and older adult siblings. keywords: family; journal; life; relationships; research; siblings; solidarity; support; vol cache: csf-3727.pdf plain text: csf-3727.txt item: #17 of 100 id: csf-3728 author: Yang, Yi title: Religion and Stress in Daily Life date: 2023 words: 3379 flesch: 61 summary: Therefore, I hypothesize that religious beliefs will have a negative effect on stress level. “Education” may have a negative effect on stress level. keywords: education; level; people; religion; score; stress cache: csf-3728.pdf plain text: csf-3728.txt item: #18 of 100 id: csf-3729 author: Rasmussen, Linda title: The Sins of Society date: 2023 words: 2579 flesch: 59 summary: The social sciences do not refer to deadly sins such as gluttony in research; rather, it is termed as addiction. In this manner, sociologists claim to eliminate the pressures to determine morality; they are neutral in the manner of sin. keywords: evil; lyman; sins; society cache: csf-3729.pdf plain text: csf-3729.txt item: #19 of 100 id: csf-3730 author: Macias, Eugenia Nicole title: Divorce Caused by Domestic Abuse: How it Affects the Children date: 2023 words: 4142 flesch: 52 summary: Child abuse trauma: Theory and treatment of the lasting effects. She also emphasizes that battered women’s shelters did not spring up because there was an upsurge in abused women; child protective services did not develop because more children were being abused and neglected. keywords: abuse; children; divorce; journal; problems; relationship; violence cache: csf-3730.pdf plain text: csf-3730.txt item: #20 of 100 id: csf-3731 author: Ibale, Annielynn title: The Central Issues of the Women’s Liberation Movement date: 2023 words: 2468 flesch: 51 summary: The Central Issues of the Women’s Liberation Movement Annielynn Ibale Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles This paper examines the Women’s Liberation Movement, the generalized construct of women in society, and the underlying grievances of the Women’s Movement. As a result, women have been considered inferior and naturally incompetent, both physically and intellectually, compared to men. keywords: feminism; issues; movement; rights; wave; women cache: csf-3731.pdf plain text: csf-3731.txt item: #21 of 100 id: csf-3736 author: Salas, Jimena title: Tijuana’s Art Scene, Artist’s Migration date: 2023 words: 4752 flesch: 56 summary: According to Cadena, the social fragmentation that Tijuana presents is associated to the fact that it is a city of migrants whose demographic composition is heterogeneous (2010:68). Tijuana’s Art Scene, Artist’s Migration CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2011, VOL. 3 (ISSUE 1: 1-11) Tijuana’s Art Scene, Artist’s Migration Jimena Salas Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles This paper is a research proposal aimed at answering the question of why artists from other Mexican cities or from abroad decides to move to Tijuana, a city that despite offering one of the most attractive artistic scenes in México, is also one of the most dangerous ones. keywords: art; artists; california; cities; city; cultural; san; scene; sociology; tijuana cache: csf-3736.pdf plain text: csf-3736.txt item: #22 of 100 id: csf-3737 author: Campos, Jesus title: Residential Segregation date: 2023 words: 8755 flesch: 51 summary: The bivariate analyses between the dependant variable and the three dichotomous variables constituting the [immigrant] Generation variable yielded results that can be said to be expected in RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION by Jesus Campos 22 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2011, VOL. 3 (ISSUE 1: 12-32) regards to the relationship between the two factors. Unfortunately, there is no consensus on what exactly constitutes socioeconomic status. keywords: -.0; -.1; -.2; generation; issue; job; level; race; segregation; status; variables; vol; white cache: csf-3737.pdf plain text: csf-3737.txt item: #23 of 100 id: csf-3741 author: Light, Angelica title: Money and Power over Concern for Humanity: Delaying Justice for Special Interests in the Armenian Genocide Case date: 2023 words: 14489 flesch: 43 summary: Many Armenians did not even attempt to escape or seek aid or protection because they feared punishment by Turkish authorities (International League 1984:11). Delaying Justice for Special Interests in the Armenian Genocide Case Angelica Light Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles In the case of the Armenian Genocide, action and inaction and the weighing of costs and benefits led to the massive destruction of Armenians during WWI. keywords: alexander; angelica; armenians; california; genocide; genocide convention; government; international; issue; journal; justice; law; lemkin; light; power; rights; sociology; turkey; turks; vol; war cache: csf-3741.pdf plain text: csf-3741.txt item: #24 of 100 id: csf-3742 author: Huynh, Kathy title: For the Love of Music date: 2023 words: 1298 flesch: 76 summary: 1Think of the biggest gathering of people listening to the best electronically charged music, people dazed and confused on drugs, people dancing around, some jumping with their hands in the air, lights flashing everywhere, girls scantily dressed, and people just acting free. It was surprising to know that there were people just like me who were not on drugs; we were there for the music and entertainment. keywords: music; people cache: csf-3742.pdf plain text: csf-3742.txt item: #25 of 100 id: csf-3743 author: Acevedo, Lisett title: Physical Attractiveness and Career Success date: 2023 words: 8056 flesch: 52 summary: However, if the career importance of physical attractiveness is measured relatively by pitting it against other career determinants, self-perceived Physical Attractiveness fails to have a statistically significance relationship with the Career Importance of Physical Attractiveness(relative). Occupational stereotypes about the importance of image and physical attractiveness for career success in certain occupations may become the basis for image norms. keywords: attractiveness; california; career; importance; issue; respondents; sociology; success; vol cache: csf-3743.pdf plain text: csf-3743.txt item: #26 of 100 id: csf-3744 author: Bouvet, Michael title: The Role of Resocialization in the Disposition of California College Students toward the Legalization of Marijuana date: 2023 words: 12553 flesch: 51 summary: The data on student marijuana usage at any given campus in the United States can range from 5% to 40%. As one might expect, college students use marijuana at higher rates than the U.S. population generally. keywords: answer; california; college; legalization; marijuana; respondents; sociology; students; support; variable cache: csf-3744.pdf plain text: csf-3744.txt item: #27 of 100 id: csf-3745 author: Parada, Nestor title: Authority and Conformity: Does it Deter or Motivate Deviance in a Work Setting? date: 2023 words: 6307 flesch: 48 summary: The pressure of conforming convinces people that acknowledging people of authoritative status such as parents, employers, or even people with higher status automatically gains compliance from subordinates. However, in some cases authoritative people promote criminal behaviors in others. keywords: authority; behavior; conformity; figures; people; status; variable; work cache: csf-3745.pdf plain text: csf-3745.txt item: #28 of 100 id: csf-3746 author: Gutierrez, Leticia title: The Freedom to Breathe: African Americans and Political Participation date: 2023 words: 4793 flesch: 46 summary: Past research about environmental participation is rare and when it does apply, it seems to lack insight about the reasons people do or do not participate toward the betterment of their communities. The Freedom to Breathe: CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY JOURNAL, 2011, VOL. 3 (ISSUE 1: 133-152) The Freedom to Breathe: African Americans and Political Participation Leticia M. Gutierrez Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles Objective: This research assesses political efficacy, religion, affluence, educational attainment, network social ties, extended work hours, and number of children to determine political participation in the Freedom to Breathe campaign. keywords: campaign; children; environmental; freedom; hours; participation; research; respondents cache: csf-3746.pdf plain text: csf-3746.txt item: #29 of 100 id: csf-3747 author: Sanchez, Tatiana title: The Mexican American Epic: Historical Dislocation, Hybridized Identity, and Perpetuated Inequality date: 2023 words: 5757 flesch: 36 summary: In essence, Mexican American identity finds itself within a constant state of cyclical flux: increasing numbers of ‘foreigners’ renew dormant hostilities within the American population (regardless of race), social pressures inflame racial stereotypes which quickly target both native- and foreign-born ethnic groups, and finally Americanized ethnicities such as Mexican Americans must consequentially reorient themselves to combat the renewed threat to their social identity. The author provides a detailed history of Mexican Americans and their experiences with American society. keywords: american; california; census; hispanic; identity; mexican; mexican americans; population; race; states; u.s cache: csf-3747.pdf plain text: csf-3747.txt item: #30 of 100 id: csf-3748 author: Leach de Amante, Krystal title: American Attitudes toward Mexican Immigration date: 2023 words: 2904 flesch: 52 summary: But when the U.S. went to war again in 1942 (WWII), it conveniently relaxed its border laws, letting in Mexican workers by the droves in order to support the war effort. It is interesting to note here that regardless of the historical fact that Mexican workers helped sustain the U.S. economy during its time of need, many of the states who benefited most still feel no obligation toward these laborers. keywords: american; california; immigration; mexico; states; u.s cache: csf-3748.pdf plain text: csf-3748.txt item: #31 of 100 id: csf-3812 author: Rodriguez, Eglys title: Elite Course-Taking and Racial Disparities in STEM date: 2023 words: 6320 flesch: 52 summary: Thus, this thesis examines the racial disparities in STEM elite math courses taken in high school, high school graduation, postsecondary attendance, and STEM degree attainment. Highest elite math course taken was statistically significant (β = 0.4; p < 0.00). keywords: course; education; math; odds; research; school; stem; students; taking cache: csf-3812.pdf plain text: csf-3812.txt item: #32 of 100 id: csf-3813 author: Glenn, Lami title: Introspection: An Expository Analysis of Police Brutality Against Unarmed Black Men date: 2023 words: 4397 flesch: 48 summary: Glenn 1 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 5 Introspection: An Expository Analysis of Police Brutality Against Unarmed Black Men Lami J. Glenn Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles INTRODUCTION With this sociological analysis endeavor, I am fervently interested in the social phenomenon of police brutality against unarmed Black men and the role that Critical Race Theory (CRT) factors into this conundrum. Prior research on this topic has contextualized the social construct of race and race relations here in the United States, examined marginalized communities and their lack of trust and collaboration with law enforcement (Braga, Brunson, and Drakulich 2019), the history of this nation and subsequent colonization & enslavement of Black people, cultural and familial influences including racism and anti-Blackness and the effects of such (Alexander 2010), as well as the ways in which popular media, including music, television, radio, or social media depictions and stereotypes have attributed to the negative portrayals of African American men in ways that impact people’s views on police brutality against unarmed Black men (Jeffries and Jeffries 2017). keywords: americans; brutality; enforcement; jeffries; law; media; men; people; police; sociology cache: csf-3813.pdf plain text: csf-3813.txt item: #33 of 100 id: csf-3814 author: Sanchez, Olivia title: First Generation Students in Higher Education date: 2023 words: 5622 flesch: 42 summary: 5 CONCLUSION Despite the prevalence of academic probation among first-generation students, there are few studies that examine the additional academic challenges faced by first generation students who tend to transfer from two-year colleges into four-year universities. I examine the association between first-generation students or transfer students and academic challenges such as academic probation. keywords: california; college; education; experiences; generation; odds; percent; probation; status; students; transfer; year cache: csf-3814.pdf plain text: csf-3814.txt item: #34 of 100 id: csf-3815 author: Rivera, Marie title: Difference of Receipt of Gratitude: A Comparative Analysis of the Experiences of Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm Veterans date: 2023 words: 5252 flesch: 45 summary: The meaning of gratitude is thus perceived differently when comparing Vietnam veterans with ODS veterans. Contrarily, Vietnam veterans experienced hostility in society, which led to different interpretations of gratitude by veterans. keywords: california; experiences; gratitude; military; ods; sociology; veterans; vietnam; vol; war cache: csf-3815.pdf plain text: csf-3815.txt item: #35 of 100 id: csf-3816 author: Cunanan, Darron title: “Now What?”: Drowning in the American Dream Mural date: 2023 words: 691 flesch: 56 summary: 5 “Now What?”: Drowning in the American Dream Mural Darron Cunanan Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles “Drowning in the American Dream” is a mural produced at Cal State LA, painted by Claudio Talavera-Ballón, a Peruvian artist based in the Bay Area, depicting the challenges of migrant border crossings. Motomura's ideas and Talavera-Ballón's work reflect the lives of Dreamers and other immigrant students from different parts of the world here at Cal State LA. keywords: american; mural cache: csf-3816.pdf plain text: csf-3816.txt item: #36 of 100 id: csf-3817 author: Bates, Taryn title: Social Constructs Creatively Deconstructed: A Collection of Six Poems date: 2023 words: 1458 flesch: 44 summary: Cost of Living My currency Is energy Charged by the second My peace of mind A piece not mine Claimed by every fear My balance is overdrawn Ideals of saving-up forgone Checks constantly voided My daily wage lump sum Of living income Comes in with no proper credit Poetry | Bates 2 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. Poetry | Bates 3 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. keywords: bates; california sociology; forum vol; sociology forum cache: csf-3817.pdf plain text: csf-3817.txt item: #37 of 100 id: csf-3818 author: Garcia III, Sammy title: How The Devil Influenced Rock and Metal date: 2023 words: 3895 flesch: 69 summary: From the satanic imagery in metal, the legendary fiddle duel in “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” to the legend of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil at a crossroads. One anonymous critic said, “listen to heavy metal music and the devil will make you kill your mom.” keywords: blues; devil; johnson; metal; music; robert; rock; roll cache: csf-3818.pdf plain text: csf-3818.txt item: #38 of 100 id: csf-3819 author: Rivera, Marie title: My Postpartum Depression Consumed Self date: 2023 words: 2640 flesch: 66 summary: Postpartum depression can suck the life out of a new mother. Developing postpartum depression is something deemed deviant to the social world. keywords: depression; experience; mother; postpartum cache: csf-3819.pdf plain text: csf-3819.txt item: #39 of 100 id: csf-3821 author: Cunanan, Darron title: Book Review: Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change by Eitan Hersh date: 2023 words: 620 flesch: 49 summary: Book Review | Cunanan 1 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 5 Book Review: Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change by Eitan Hersh Darron Cunanan Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles What does politics mean to you? In his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change, Hersh argues that politics should be about seeking power and influence to make meaningful change, rather than for expressing one’s values and for one’s self-gratification. keywords: hersh; politics cache: csf-3821.pdf plain text: csf-3821.txt item: #40 of 100 id: csf-3822 author: Bates, Taryn title: Film Review: Women Talking by Sarah Polley date: 2023 words: 1284 flesch: 60 summary: Women Talking is a passionate and raw depiction of women advocating for safety and body autonomy while also recoiling from realizing they have been living in a barely veiled toxic patriarchy. Women Talking by Sarah Polley Taryn Bates Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles keywords: colony; film; women cache: csf-3822.pdf plain text: csf-3822.txt item: #41 of 100 id: csf-3823 author: Bates, Taryn; Cunanan, Darron title: Film Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert date: 2023 words: 1372 flesch: 63 summary: Alpha Waymond explains that their Evelyn discovered how to cross between parallel universes through “verse-jumping” into the bodies of counterparts by engaging in strange actions that the individual normally would never do. Alpha Waymond has a realization that this Evelyn is the greatest failure out of every Evelyn in the multiverse, which means she actually has the most pathway connections to verse-jump into other versions of herself who succeeded in specific talents. keywords: evelyn; film; joy; waymond cache: csf-3823.pdf plain text: csf-3823.txt item: #42 of 100 id: csf-3824 author: Bates, Taryn; Glenn, Lami title: Book Review: Divide & Conquer: Race, Gangs, Identity, and Conflict (Studies in Transgression) by Robert D. Weide date: 2023 words: 1383 flesch: 48 summary: Such portrayals become in fact dehumanizing by reinforcing a narrative of depravity instead of recognizing the reality that gang members are among “the most marginalized, demonized, and criminalized population in America and throughout much of the capitalist world” (Weide 2022:7-8). Gang members represent not just the lower class, but, moreover, the permanent underclass of American society – what Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels called the lumpenproletariat, unable to identify the cause of their material deprivation and therefore unable to focus their rage against those whose unimaginable wealth is possible only at their expense. keywords: book; gang; race; weide cache: csf-3824.pdf plain text: csf-3824.txt item: #43 of 100 id: csf-3826 author: Editors, CSF title: California Sociology Forum date: 2023 words: 194 flesch: 47 summary: California Sociology Forum Student Journal of Sociology Volume 5 Spring 2023 Support for the publication of California Sociology Forum (CSF) came from the Instructionally Related Activities budget of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles. Special thanks to Victor Mojica (NSS Communications Specialist) and Kirstie Genzel (Electronic Resources and Digital Publishing Librarian) at California State University, Los Angeles Cover Image: Photograph by Victor Mojica. keywords: california cache: csf-3826.pdf plain text: csf-3826.txt item: #44 of 100 id: csf-3828 author: Editors, CSF title: Table of Contents date: 2023 words: 207 flesch: -32 summary: Drowning in the American Dream Mural Darron Cunanan……………………………………88 Poetry Social Constructs Creatively Deconstructed: A Collection of Six Poems Taryn Bates………………………………………….91 Op-eds How the Devil Influenced Rock and Metal Sammy Garcia III……………………………………98 My Postpartum Depression Consumed Self Marie Rivera………………………………………..109 Book Reviews Divide & Conquer: Race, Gangs, Identity, and Conflict (Studies in Transgression) by Robert D. Weide Taryn Bates and Lami J. Glenn……………………116 Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change by Eitan Hersh Darron Cunanan……………………………………120 Film Reviews Women Talking by Sarah Polley Taryn Bates…………………………………………122 Everything Everywhere All At Once by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Taryn Bates and Darron Cunanan………………...12 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM Student Journal CONTENTS VOLUME V SPRING 2023 Letter from the Editors…………………………………………vi About the Editors……………………………………………..viii Recognition of the 2023 Graduating Class at Cal State LA…..xiv Articles First Generation Students in Higher Education Olivia Sanchez………………………………………..15 Elite Course Taking and Racial Disparities in STEM Eglys Rodriguez……………………………………...35 Introspection: An Expository Analysis of Police Brutality Against Unarmed Black Men Lami J. Glenn………………………………………...59 Difference in Receipt of Gratitude: A Comparative Analysis of the Experiences of Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm Veterans Marie Rivera…………………………………………72 Creative Works Art “Now What?”: keywords: bates; taryn cache: csf-3828.pdf plain text: csf-3828.txt item: #45 of 100 id: csf-3829 author: Editors, CSF title: About date: 2023 words: 459 flesch: 45 summary: Managing Editors Sarra BenGhorbal | Marie Rivera Brittany Kalaj Margulieux Managing Copy Editor Taryn Bates Book and Film Review Editor Darron Cunanan Modernization Leaders Sarra BenGhorbal | Brittany Kalaj Margulieux Madeline Bourdeau Public Relations Leaders Darron Cunanan | Andrea Dominguez | Lami J. Glenn Board Members Victor Amador | Taryn Bates | Sarra BenGhorbal Madeline Bourdeau | Darron Cunanan | Andrea Dominguez John Eleby | Sammy Garcia III | Lami J. Glenn Brittany Kalaj Margulieux | Angela Norman Jennifer C. Perez | Marie Rivera Faculty Editors-in-Chief Dr. Luoman Bao (Fall 2022) It is committed to cultivating student research, supporting intellectual exchange, and featuring diverse perspectives on various issues of our society and world. keywords: csf; sociology cache: csf-3829.pdf plain text: csf-3829.txt item: #46 of 100 id: csf-3830 author: Editors, CSF title: Letter from the Editors date: 2023 words: 484 flesch: 55 summary: Dr. Hyojoung Kim introducing CSF to KBBQ California Sociology Forum vii Dr. Kim illustrated the character language for family—eating together under one roof. It was fitting that Dr. Hyojoung Kim, CSF's founding Faculty Editor and Director of the Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies, hosted our coming together around a traditional barbecue. keywords: csf; sociology cache: csf-3830.pdf plain text: csf-3830.txt item: #47 of 100 id: csf-3831 author: Editors, CSF title: About the Student Editors date: 2023 words: 1641 flesch: 48 summary: California Sociology Forum x John M. Eleby (He/Him) is an M.A. student in Sociology at Cal State LA. California Sociology Forum ix Madeline “Maddie” Bourdeau (She/Her) is a second-year master’s student with a special interest in labor and the political-economy. keywords: csf; research; sociology; state; student cache: csf-3831.pdf plain text: csf-3831.txt item: #48 of 100 id: csf-3832 author: Editors, CSF title: Recognition of the 2023 Graduating Class at Cal State LA date: 2023 words: 95 flesch: 71 summary: May you all continue to uplift sociologically informed scholarship and progress in activism for many years to come. California Sociology Forum xiv Recognition of the 2023 Graduating Class at Cal State LA To the Graduating Class of 2023: keywords: class cache: csf-3832.pdf plain text: csf-3832.txt item: #49 of 100 id: csf-4198 author: Bates, Taryn title: Technology and Culture: How Predictive Policing Harmfully Profiles Marginalized People Groups date: 2024 words: 3232 flesch: 39 summary: Predictive police technology is susceptible to human error, due to both the directives from algorithm programmers and the lack of vetting for bias in data collection processes. The lack of field expertise to determine long-term consequences of using predictive police technology is a persistent dilemma. keywords: bates; bias; black; california; data; forum; law; police; policing; technology cache: csf-4198.pdf plain text: csf-4198.txt item: #50 of 100 id: csf-4199 author: Moran, Marcia title: Colorism and Its Effects on Self Perception date: 2024 words: 6392 flesch: 46 summary: Race is a social construct that categorizes people into groups based on physical appearance, such as skin color, hair texture, and facial features. LITERATURE REVIEW Concepts of Colorism To fully understand the goals and effects of colorism, it is essential to distinguish it from related social constructs such as race and racism and understand how these constructs work simultaneously to sustain the preference for lighter skin tones within societies. keywords: california; colorism; forum; moran; participants; people; research; self; skin; sociology; vol cache: csf-4199.pdf plain text: csf-4199.txt item: #51 of 100 id: csf-4200 author: Gaytan, Jasmine title: Ethiopian Jewish Migrants into Israel date: 2024 words: 3759 flesch: 41 summary: In contrast, Ethiopian Jewish migrants referred to themselves as qey or t’eyem but never black (t’equr). As previously mentioned, Ethiopian Jewish migrants face integration challenges because of the differences in the practice of Judaism in comparison to their Israeli neighbors. keywords: california; ethiopia; gaytan; israel; migrants; migration; research; sociology cache: csf-4200.pdf plain text: csf-4200.txt item: #52 of 100 id: csf-4201 author: Glenn, Lami title: As the Days, Months, Years, and “Leap Years” of Our Lives’ Turn date: 2024 words: 3979 flesch: 56 summary: HISTORY OF CALENDARS It would also be just to say that calendars and its structures and constraints can push people to the limits of not following important dates, events, and engagements that may have been scheduled on one’s calendar in an act of defiance and deviation from the norm. keywords: calendar; day; days; glenn; mcluhan; sociology; time; year cache: csf-4201.pdf plain text: csf-4201.txt item: #53 of 100 id: csf-4202 author: Bates, Taryn; Huerta, Rubén title: Racial Hierarchies Globalized: From Colonialism to Informal Empire date: 2024 words: 5389 flesch: 37 summary: This was due to the U.S. government no “longer relying on an abstract sense of equality across race, the transnational capitalist regime [U.S. informal empire] now required nation-states, businesses, and key social institutions to include multiculturalism as a policy goal” (2021:52). The origins of psychological warfare as a matter of policy for U.S. empire came about during President Eisenhower’s administration at the beginning of the Cold War. keywords: bates; california; control; domination; empire; globalization; huerta; power; race; sociology; u.s cache: csf-4202.pdf plain text: csf-4202.txt item: #54 of 100 id: csf-4203 author: Eleby, John title: Black College Students’ Hardship in Post-Secondary Education date: 2024 words: 8576 flesch: 57 summary: Some of the barriers related to college access and college environmental settings (which I label “internal issues”) that have affected Black college students include the cost of higher education, which that can lead to them dropping out due to being unable to afford their education, a lack of spaces of belonging, and difficulty finding helpful mentors for guidance. It can also be challenging for Black college students to feel connected to a particular institution. keywords: black; california; college; college students; education; eleby; institutions; participants; research; sociology; students cache: csf-4203.pdf plain text: csf-4203.txt item: #55 of 100 id: csf-4204 author: Toscano Joya, Martha title: Managing Alone: Single Parenthood and Silver Linings in the Time of COVID-19 date: 2024 words: 9250 flesch: 66 summary: My study focuses on the implications of the pandemic on single parents, arguably an understudied demographic group. My findings, based on 5 in-depth interviews with single parents suggest that the pandemic has been a double-edged sword – on the one hand, it has pushed single parents to the brink as they juggled rigorous parenting duties while shouldering work responsibilities. keywords: california; children; covid-19; family; forum; joya; mothers; pandemic; parents; participants; research; school; social; sociology; study; time; toscano; vol; work cache: csf-4204.pdf plain text: csf-4204.txt item: #56 of 100 id: csf-4205 author: Valentine, Milo title: Land, Resistance, and Radical Care: Additional Exploration and Musings of Cover Image Design date: 2024 words: 796 flesch: 42 summary: The cover piece, Land, Resistance, and Radical Care, for the sixth volume of the California Sociology Forum stems from conversations between myself and the Student Editorial Board in hopes of prompting a discussion around the violent history of colonization and our role in the ongoing fight for Indigenous sovereignty. According to the Indigenous organization NDN Collective (LANDBACK 2021), LandBack is an organizing framework with goals of acquiring sovereignty over stolen lands, as well as language, ceremony, food, education, housing, healthcare, governance, medicine, and kinship which “allows us to envision a world where Black, Indigenous & POC liberation co-exists.” keywords: care; land; sociology cache: csf-4205.pdf plain text: csf-4205.txt item: #57 of 100 id: csf-4206 author: Bates, Taryn title: Humanity and Technology Explored Through Poetry date: 2024 words: 928 flesch: 36 summary: | Bates 135 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. Creative Works | Poetry | Bates 133 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. keywords: bates; california; poetry cache: csf-4206.pdf plain text: csf-4206.txt item: #58 of 100 id: csf-4207 author: Calderon, Astrid title: Estimado Padre date: 2024 words: 981 flesch: 57 summary: A los 10 años ese niño ya era un adulto Se cuidaba solo Se decía que era listo Se sabía que el niño era muy trabajador El es mi padre, Mi padre el que me dice Échale ganas Y ponte las pilas Gracias mi padre por ser mi padre Dear Father In the fields where the sun is one with the earth Where the earth produces the fruit that feeds us Where food creates fusions of flavors that touches our palate Where your hands become worn And your clothes torn There you work even though your body tells you to stop You would think I’m talking about an adult keywords: calderon; father; padre; que cache: csf-4207.pdf plain text: csf-4207.txt item: #59 of 100 id: csf-4209 author: Laird, April title: TreePeople: Bringing Sociology, Climate Research, and Community Voices into the Same Room date: 2024 words: 5668 flesch: 42 summary: This means that the organization has a unique opportunity to try new approaches to community engagement without jeopardizing its local social capital and municipal partnerships in the grander environmental non-profit sector of Southern California. Behavioral hypotheses are strengthened using this model, by creating an “outcomes framework” which endeavors to determine what nuanced context may most successfully activate participation before community engagement begins. keywords: california; change; climate; community; eds; forum; health; laird; research; sociology; soil; treepeople; urban; works cache: csf-4209.pdf plain text: csf-4209.txt item: #60 of 100 id: csf-4210 author: Parsons, Brian title: Opioid Addiction and Overdose in America date: 2024 words: 2098 flesch: 62 summary: Drug addiction and drug overdose is now considered to be a number one threat to the American people (Minhee and Calandrillo 2019). The ways in which drug addiction and overdose have been studied are numerous. keywords: drugs; minhee; opioids; overdose; war cache: csf-4210.pdf plain text: csf-4210.txt item: #61 of 100 id: csf-4211 author: Rivera, Marie; Snyder, Christopher title: Book Review: The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth by The Red Nation date: 2024 words: 1878 flesch: 45 summary: With Indigenous peoples leading this restoration through mass land return, the Red Nation proposes reliance on hydroponics and aquaponics for subsistence. Furthermore, the Red Nation calls for an end to US occupation of Indigenous lands globally. keywords: book; nation; people; red; sociology cache: csf-4211.pdf plain text: csf-4211.txt item: #62 of 100 id: csf-4212 author: Gavini, Emely title: Book Review: Just Mercy: A True Story of The Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson date: 2024 words: 1257 flesch: 65 summary: 6 Book Review: Just Mercy: A True Story of The Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson Emely Gavini Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles Imagine having to spend 6 years in prison for a crime you did not commit. McMillian’s lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, released over 140 wrongfully convicted prisoners on death row. keywords: book; stevenson; story cache: csf-4212.pdf plain text: csf-4212.txt item: #63 of 100 id: csf-4213 author: Garcia, Sammy title: Film Review: Unveiling the Shadows Shadow of the Vampire by E. Elias Merhige date: 2024 words: 1554 flesch: 55 summary: His research interests are in music and film, and he is proud to have an op-ed on music published in the Spring ‘23 CSF Volume 5. John Malkovich delivers a formidable performance as the visionary F.W. Murnau, a morally dubious and tyrannical director. keywords: film; murnau; power; vampire cache: csf-4213.pdf plain text: csf-4213.txt item: #64 of 100 id: csf-4214 author: Rivera, Jessica title: Film Review: Breaking Barriers: A Critical Examination of Transgender Representation in Media through Disclosure date: 2024 words: 997 flesch: 21 summary: Additionally, though Disclosure acknowledges the intersectionality of transgender representation, it could delve deeper into the experiences of transgender individuals from different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Furthermore, Disclosure delves into the intersectionality of transgender representation, highlighting how gender identity intersects with race, class, and other social categories. keywords: film; transgender cache: csf-4214.pdf plain text: csf-4214.txt item: #65 of 100 id: csf-4215 author: Ramirez, Christina title: Film Review: Don’t Worry Darling by Olivia Wilde date: 2024 words: 961 flesch: 56 summary: The film Don’t Worry Darling (2022) depicts unhappiness with married life, toxic masculinity, and the fight for gender equality. Reviews | Film | Ramirez 191 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 6 Film Review: Don’t Worry Darling by Olivia Wilde Christina Mary Ramirez Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles INTRODUCTION keywords: film; life; women cache: csf-4215.pdf plain text: csf-4215.txt item: #66 of 100 id: csf-4216 author: Santana, Esai; Whiting, Lauren title: Film Review: To Enjoy Our Cherry Pie in Community: A Commentary on Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori by Jōji Shimura date: 2024 words: 2936 flesch: 55 summary: The opening sequence holds a familiar formula for those who have played Animal Crossing: Wild World, as Ai answers the Kappa cab driver’s questions about her name and reasons for moving. When she arrives at the village, nostalgia should hit any fan of the games as the opening credits play Animal Crossing: Wild World’s “Title Screen” song. keywords: animal; cherry; crossing; film; game; life cache: csf-4216.pdf plain text: csf-4216.txt item: #67 of 100 id: csf-4217 author: Garcia, Sammy title: Music Review: A Haunting Sociological Masterpiece in the Song “Left Behind” by The Plot in You date: 2024 words: 1775 flesch: 39 summary: Reviews | Music | Garcia 202 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 6 Music Review: A Haunting Sociological Masterpiece in the Song “Left Behind” by The Plot in You Sammy Garcia III Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles Music has always been a powerful medium for artists to explore and express sociological themes. From their 2015 album Happiness in Self Destruction: A raw and intense track, “Dear Old Friend” delves into the darker aspects of personal relationships, addressing betrayal and the emotional toll it takes on individuals. keywords: marriage; relationships; self; singer cache: csf-4217.pdf plain text: csf-4217.txt item: #68 of 100 id: csf-4219 author: CSF Editors title: California Sociology Forum date: 2024 words: 223 flesch: 48 summary: California Sociology Forum Student Journal of Sociology Volume 6 Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Support for the publication of California Sociology Forum (CSF) came from the Instructionally Related Activities budget of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles. Special thanks to Victor Mojica (Communications Specialist with the College of Natural and Social Sciences) and Milo Valentine (M.A. student with the Department of Sociology’s Graduate Program) at California State University, Los Angeles for their image expertise. keywords: california cache: csf-4219.pdf plain text: csf-4219.txt item: #69 of 100 id: csf-4220 author: CSF Editors title: About date: 2024 words: 504 flesch: 45 summary: Publication Managing Editors Taryn Bates | Marie Rivera Website Specialists Marlonzo Smith | Michael Young Public Relations Leaders Andrea Dominguez | Joram Mugerwa | April D. Laird Media Review & Original Content Creation Leaders Esai Santana | Kandice Vass Board Members Jesse Arceo | Taryn Bates | Andrea Dominguez | Katherine Eason Sammy Garcia III Anthony Jonathan Morales | Joram N. Mugerwa Rachel Natland | Luis Ortiz | Christina Mary Ramirez Jessica Rivera | Marie Rivera | Leticia Romero | Esai Santana Marlonzo Smith | Andrea keywords: csf; sociology cache: csf-4220.pdf plain text: csf-4220.txt item: #70 of 100 id: csf-4222 author: CSF Editors title: Table of Contents date: 2024 words: 341 flesch: 53 summary: California Sociology Forum iv CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM Student Journal CONTENTS VOLUME VI Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Letter from the Editors .............................................................. vii About the Editors ........................................................................ 170 California Sociology Forum vi Reviews Books The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth by The Red Nation Marie Rivera and Christopher Snyder ................... keywords: california; forum; sociology cache: csf-4222.pdf plain text: csf-4222.txt item: #71 of 100 id: csf-4223 author: CSF Editors title: Letter from the Editors date: 2024 words: 608 flesch: 50 summary: This sense of community felt symbolically relevant to the experiences CSF members were having outside of the journal. Volume 6 continues our goal to expand beyond traditional texts and provide students the opportunity to exhibit creative pieces. keywords: csf; students cache: csf-4223.pdf plain text: csf-4223.txt item: #72 of 100 id: csf-4224 author: CSF Editors title: About the Editors date: 2024 words: 3140 flesch: 47 summary: California Sociology Forum xiv Leticia Romero (She/Her/Ella) is a Sociology graduate student working on her Master’s at Cal State University, Los Angeles. California Sociology Forum ix About the Student Editors Jesse Arceo (He/Him) is in his second year of the M.A. program for Sociology program here at California State University of Los Angeles. keywords: angeles; california; csf; interests; research; sociology; spring; state; student cache: csf-4224.pdf plain text: csf-4224.txt item: #73 of 100 id: csf-6179 author: CSF Editors title: California Sociology Forum date: 2025 words: 164 flesch: 36 summary: California Sociology Forum Student Journal of Sociology Volume 7 Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 Support for the publication of California Sociology Forum (CSF) came from the Instructionally Related Activities budget of the College of Natural and Social Sciences (NSS) at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA or CSULA). The androgynous angel is set in front of a sky view looking over a section of cityscape in Los Angeles County, buildings and foliage becoming increasingly faded from focus the further in the background they are. keywords: california cache: csf-6179.pdf plain text: csf-6179.txt item: #74 of 100 id: csf-6180 author: CSF Editors title: About date: 2025 words: 575 flesch: 50 summary: | Ramona Vega Alumni Advisory Board Members Darron Michael Cunanan | Sammy Garcia III Student Managing Editor Taryn Bates Publication Lead Jalene Garcia-Santamarina | Maria Hernandez Original Content Lead Angel Jaimes | Annica Meija Public Relations Lead Shanya A. Olivares Perez | Hilda Gamero Board Members Keila Bailey | Taryn Bates | Kayla Bellipanni | Tenille Blackburn Spidey Canoy | Lorena Escalante | Ian Joaquin Esparza | Hilda Gamero Darinka Luciana Garcia | Jalene Garcia-Santamarina | keywords: board; csf; sociology cache: csf-6180.pdf plain text: csf-6180.txt item: #75 of 100 id: csf-6181 author: CSF Editors title: Table of Contents date: 2025 words: 382 flesch: 50 summary: California Sociology Forum iv CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM Student Journal CONTENTS VOLUME VII Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 Letter from the Editors.................................................................... vii About the Editors ............................................................................. 125 California Sociology Forum vi Books (cont.) keywords: california; forum; sociology cache: csf-6181.pdf plain text: csf-6181.txt item: #76 of 100 id: csf-6182 author: CSF Editors title: Letter from the Editors date: 2025 words: 602 flesch: 39 summary: The largest two fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena burned for 24 days, impacting the homes and communities of many Cal State LA students and staff. The anxiety and uncertainty around immigration raids on educational institutions has been one factor in a noticeable shift California Sociology Forum viii on campus toward less community camaraderie. keywords: community; sociology cache: csf-6182.pdf plain text: csf-6182.txt item: #77 of 100 id: csf-6183 author: CSF Editors title: About the Editors date: 2025 words: 4726 flesch: 46 summary: At Cal State LA, Victoria is a member of EOP and Project Rebound which empower her as a single mother of two while both working and studying full-time. At Cal State LA, she is part of the International Sociology Honors Society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and the PR Lead for the California Sociology Forum. keywords: california; csf; graduate; interests; research; social; sociology; state; student; university cache: csf-6183.pdf plain text: csf-6183.txt item: #78 of 100 id: csf-6184 author: Ocampo, Carla title: Proximity and Social Integration date: 2025 words: 5264 flesch: 47 summary: The focus of this study is to examine student integration into the campus community among commuter students. The study examined the correlation between proximity and commuter student integration into the campus community. keywords: campus; community; commuter; integration; proximity; research; students cache: csf-6184.pdf plain text: csf-6184.txt item: #79 of 100 id: csf-6185 author: Yeager, Serena title: The Long-Term Effects of Child Physical Abuse date: 2025 words: 3550 flesch: 43 summary: | Yeager 22 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 7 mental health services for CPA victims. Additionally, mental health professionals who understand these CPA and mental health correlations can better support CPA victims in addressing their internal challenges. keywords: abuse; adulthood; childhood; cpa; health; pain; victims cache: csf-6185.pdf plain text: csf-6185.txt item: #80 of 100 id: csf-6186 author: Russell, Steven title: Homelessness: How Did We Come to Recognize It as Such a Problem and the Possible Ways to Solve It date: 2025 words: 6761 flesch: 53 summary: A lot of homeless individuals are unable to get a job because applicants need to be able to provide or maintain a Social Security number, an ID, a phone, their own professional work clothes, reliable transportation, good hygiene, and a home address or at least a PO box which costs money; most of these things are unobtainable or missing for many homeless individuals. Furthermore, homeless individuals do not have the best living conditions as they are, for the most part, on the streets and are subject to substance abuse, crime, and sometimes harassment by the public. keywords: articles; california; forum; health; homelessness; housing; individuals; lgbtq+; living; people; research; russell; sociology; vol; youth cache: csf-6186.pdf plain text: csf-6186.txt item: #81 of 100 id: csf-6187 author: Chen, Jason; Manley PhD, Theodoric title: Unhoused African Americans and LGBTQIA+ Youth: Disproportionately Overrepresented Groups in the Unhoused Population date: 2025 words: 6747 flesch: 43 summary: Such policies further entrenched racism and discrimination in American social assistance, a characteristic that still affects housing programs today. Fostering acceptance and community should be the main focus of housing programs seeking to address LGBTQIA+ youth, as these are themes that are most critically needed by individuals who have already experienced significant social exclusion. keywords: articles; california; chen; forum; homelessness; housing; individuals; lgbtqia+; manley; population; programs; research; sociology; vol; youth cache: csf-6187.pdf plain text: csf-6187.txt item: #82 of 100 id: csf-6188 author: Whiting, Lauren title: The Denial of Self and Belonging: Exploring Disability Identity and Society Using Classical Sociological Theory date: 2025 words: 3057 flesch: 33 summary: Exploring Disability Identity and Society Using Classical Sociological Theory Lauren Whiting Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles ABSTRACT Researchers of disability studies define disability identity as intertwining disability with a sense of connection to the disability community. 7 disabled identity and not create a community with other students with disabilities, suggesting the lack of disability identity. keywords: appelrouth; deaf; disabilities; disability; identity; people; society cache: csf-6188.pdf plain text: csf-6188.txt item: #83 of 100 id: csf-6189 author: Torres, Victoria title: Marx and the Question of Palestine date: 2025 words: 3478 flesch: 50 summary: In 2025, 77 years later, we are witnessing the mass genocide of the Palestinian people and the destruction of Palestinian land by the Zionist state and their allies–-the United States being one of the most prominent. Before the adoption of the resolution, Jews made up less than one-third of the population in Palestine and owned about 6% of Palestinian land (Said 1980). keywords: class; israel; land; marx; palestine; palestinians; people; sociology cache: csf-6189.pdf plain text: csf-6189.txt item: #84 of 100 id: csf-6190 author: Tran-Nguyen, Lani title: K-pop Fandoms Through Durkheim’s Lens date: 2025 words: 4010 flesch: 61 summary: In recent years, fans have used lightsticks to show the idol they are supporting them in the crowd of other fans. Fans also use these spaces to validate their existence as fans within their fandom (Abd-Rahim 2019). keywords: durkheim; fandoms; fans; idol; pop; solidarity cache: csf-6190.pdf plain text: csf-6190.txt item: #85 of 100 id: csf-6191 author: Mejia, Annica; Bates, Taryn title: Cover Image: Further Discussion on A Reflection of Our Time date: 2025 words: 929 flesch: 71 summary: Indigenous voices, immigrant voices, and incarcerated voices all deserve to be represented and protected. After they are stripped from everything, Indigenous communities are pushed into silence, erased from the free exchange of public discourse and media. keywords: community; voices cache: csf-6191.pdf plain text: csf-6191.txt item: #86 of 100 id: csf-6192 author: Bates, Taryn title: Roles and Impressions within Romantic Relationships and Heartbreak date: 2025 words: 971 flesch: 51 summary: Romantic relationships tend to be even more heightened than average interpersonal relationships due to heightened feelings and emotions. Such relationship interactions have become key sociological topics, with several sociological theories offering insight into ways of understanding interpersonal communication and conscious or subconscious negotiations that occur. keywords: bates; sociology cache: csf-6192.pdf plain text: csf-6192.txt item: #87 of 100 id: csf-6193 author: Perez, Nicole title: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality and Critical Race Theory date: 2025 words: 2754 flesch: 61 summary: This is why Crenshaw works so hard and wants people to understand the hardships and disparities that Black people have to go through because they don't have a choice under racism. It has been found that white people really do not have any experience that focuses on “justice” problems (Piatelli 2009:162), along with almost no interactions working with Black people. keywords: crenshaw; crt; intersectionality; people; race cache: csf-6193.pdf plain text: csf-6193.txt item: #88 of 100 id: csf-6194 author: Jaimes, Angel title: Book Review: Gender Without Identity by Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini date: 2025 words: 2116 flesch: 38 summary: when the codes pertain to gender, as gender identity” (57). In their 2023 book Gender Without Identity, Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini critique traditional psychoanalytic models that treat gender as an innate, fixed aspect of the self and instead advocate for a psychoanalytic approach that examines how trauma can serve as a resource in the process of gendered self- theorization. keywords: child; gender; pellegrini; saketopoulou cache: csf-6194.pdf plain text: csf-6194.txt item: #89 of 100 id: csf-6195 author: Whitenack, Abigail title: Book Review: Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net by Jessica Calarco date: 2025 words: 1158 flesch: 58 summary: In Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net, Jessica Calarco, a professor of sociology specializing in families, schools, and inequalities, explores how U.S. women are placed in the position of “holding it all together” in the wake of a failed social safety net. | Book | Whitenack 118 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 7 Book Review: Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net by Jessica Calarco Abigail Whitenack Department of Anthropology California State University, Los Angeles How did women become America’s safety net? keywords: safety; women cache: csf-6195.pdf plain text: csf-6195.txt item: #90 of 100 id: csf-6196 author: Bellipanni, Kayla title: Book Review: Reconsidering Death: A Sociological Review of Brandi Schillace's Death’s Summer Coat date: 2025 words: 1202 flesch: 43 summary: Schillace’s work, overall, provides a compelling sociological critique of contemporary Western death practices, echoing many of the arguments made by classic sociologists of death in their arguments that the modern West has progressively hidden death from public view- a phenomenon has been referred to as the “forbidden death.” | Book | Bellipanni 121 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 7 Book Review: Reconsidering Death: A Sociological Review of Brandi Schillace's Death’s Summer Coat Kayla Bellipanni Department of Anthropology California State University, Los Angeles Brandi Schillace’s Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living is a unique perspective on the sociology of grieving, death, and dying. keywords: death; life; schillace cache: csf-6196.pdf plain text: csf-6196.txt item: #91 of 100 id: csf-6197 author: Olivares Perez, Shanya title: Book Review: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez date: 2025 words: 1163 flesch: 47 summary: Author Erika L. Sánchez is the daughter of immigrants who, in the search for representation of Mexicans in media, decided to write her own story about the struggles of growing up Mexican in the United States. Reviews | Book | Olivares Perez 125 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 7 Book Review: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez Shanya A. Olivares Perez Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles From a cultural standpoint, there are many roles that one is expected to portray based on their norms and social groups. keywords: book; mexican; sánchez cache: csf-6197.pdf plain text: csf-6197.txt item: #92 of 100 id: csf-6198 author: Melich, Alicia title: Book Review: Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the Household by Andrea Laurent-Simpson date: 2025 words: 1024 flesch: 45 summary: The concept and definition of family are changing and reflecting these demographics. Her educational background includes a PhD in Sociology from Texas Woman’s University, and her research focus is based on family and fertility, non-human animal interaction, and identity theory. keywords: book; family; multispecies cache: csf-6198.pdf plain text: csf-6198.txt item: #93 of 100 id: csf-6199 author: Esparza, Ian title: Book Review: Dillard’s Promise by Gilbert Leslie date: 2025 words: 1218 flesch: 60 summary: Reviews | Book | Esparza 131 CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM VOL. 7 Book Review: Dillard’s Promise by Gilbert Leslie Ian Joaquin Esparza Department of Sociology California State University, Los Angeles Crime, mystery, and generational justice, Dillard’s Promise by Gilbert Leslie, has it all as a very intriguing read that leaves the reader hooked, wanting to find out more about how the story pans out, which I felt when reading this great work of literature. The sociological relevance that this book provides is easy to spot, while broader elements of criminal justice are also sprinkled in. keywords: justice; leslie; story cache: csf-6199.pdf plain text: csf-6199.txt item: #94 of 100 id: csf-6240 author: Garcia-Santamarina, Jalene title: Film Review: Blood Quantum by Jeff Barnaby date: 2025 words: 1022 flesch: 56 summary: Racial boundaries are social constructs that racial groups or others outside of the racial group create to form distinct lines between groups and individuals. GROUP POSITION THEORY Blumer’s (1958) theory of group position can be seen in four basic feelings: “. . . keywords: blood; film; quantum cache: csf-6240.pdf plain text: csf-6240.txt item: #95 of 100 id: csf-6241 author: Gamero, Hilda title: Film Review: Under the Same Moon by Patricia Riggen date: 2025 words: 1663 flesch: 60 summary: The separation of family shows that many are willing to take the risk of finding better working opportunities to help better assist themselves and their loved ones. This film demonstrates many social issues immigrants face when looking for employment opportunities. keywords: carlitos; film; moon; work cache: csf-6241.pdf plain text: csf-6241.txt item: #96 of 100 id: csf-6242 author: Joaquin Esparza, Ian title: TV Show Review: Birth of a Rebellion – A Sociological Look at Andor: A Star Wars Story date: 2025 words: 2254 flesch: 59 summary: Andor strives to create more character depth for Cassian Andor, who was a secondary protagonist in Rogue One, and other smaller characters featured in the film. Andor follows a rogue protagonist named Cassian Andor as he experiences firsthand the oppression nature of the Empire and the birth of a rebellion that he will eventually give his life for. keywords: andor; cassian; empire; mothma; star cache: csf-6242.pdf plain text: csf-6242.txt item: #97 of 100 id: csf-6243 author: Velasco-Quiroz, Nathalie title: Anime TV Show Review: The Human Experience according to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End / Sōsō no Furīren date: 2025 words: 1372 flesch: 59 summary: Time aids Frieren in getting to know Himmel better through others, as she felt regret not doing so before their past journey ended. This dynamic helps in Frieren’s character development as she learns more about human life and its value while both generations learn from each other. keywords: anime; frieren; journey cache: csf-6243.pdf plain text: csf-6243.txt item: #98 of 100 id: csf-6244 author: Garcia III, Sammy title: Music Review: When Dreams Begin Again: A Reflection on New Order’s ‘Dreams Never End’ date: 2025 words: 3718 flesch: 52 summary: After Curtis’s death Joy Division disbanded, but like a phoenix rising from the ashes came New Order. The band’s transition from Joy Division to New Order represents a societal and emotional rupture, which we can frame within Durkheim’s concept of anomie. keywords: band; curtis; dreams; end; music; order; song cache: csf-6244.pdf plain text: csf-6244.txt item: #99 of 100 id: csf-6245 author: White, Dorcia title: Music Review: Analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s 2016 Grammy Performance date: 2025 words: 1986 flesch: 60 summary: The imagery of Lamar surrounded by jail cells and a chain gang is powerful because it points to systemic racism that perpetuates the disproportionate number of Black people stuck in the industrial prison system (Smith 2012). Lamar understands the industrial prison system as the new slavery for Black people that perpetuates poverty while maintaining the status quo for the wealthy and white through “cheap labor” of “Black bodies” (Hammad 2019). keywords: lamar; people; performance; racism; smedley; white cache: csf-6245.pdf plain text: csf-6245.txt item: #100 of 100 id: csf-6246 author: Blackburn, Tenille title: Music Review: Cavetown’s ‘Guilty’ Through a Sociological Lens date: 2025 words: 1959 flesch: 60 summary: The chorus follows in a way that directly speaks to Goffman’s dramaturgical approach to identity management and the different stages one faces. Through his work, one may find that there’s more to love and emotions in one’s everyday life, and the complexity of emotions and identity are creatively expressed through his music. keywords: identity; narrator; sociology; song cache: csf-6246.pdf plain text: csf-6246.txt