        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
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          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
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          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
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          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
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        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
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          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
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        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
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          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
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        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
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          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
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          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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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      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.
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          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.
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      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?”:
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      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.
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          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.
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          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.
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          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:
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          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
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      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
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          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
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          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
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      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
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      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
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          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
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      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
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          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
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        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
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      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
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      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
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          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
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        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
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        item: #63 of 100
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      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
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        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
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        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
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        item: #66 of 100
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      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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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      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
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      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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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        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
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