Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Obedience to Authority II Resisting Authority III Welfare State IV Who Are the Citzens of a State V Citzenship Rights VI Social and Cultural Rights VII Political Rights VIII Civil Rights Outline of Current Lecture IX The Sociology of Don Sterling X Voting Rights XI Exclusion from Citizenship XII Prisoners and Citizenship Rights XIII State and Citizenship The Case of DREAM ers XIV DREAM ers and Activism XV Social Movements XVI Social Movement Emergence Current Lecture SOC 100 1st Edition The Sociology of Don Sterling a Don Sterling Owner of LA Clippers i History of Racial Discrimination 1 wouldn t rent apartments to black people ii Racist Comments made to girlfriend in private iii Banned from NBA for life iv May be forced to sell the team by fellow owners b Free Speech i NBA is not the government II Voting Rights a Wisconsin Voter ID law struck down as unconstitutional i no evidence of voter fraud ii unfair burden on poor and minority voters III Exclusion from Citizenship a Convicted Felons i isolated from the rest of the community b Enduirng Impact of Prison on Citizenship i Impact on Employment ii Impact on Political Rights I iii Impact on Community c Undocumented Workers i Participating in American Life ii excluded from most of the benefits IV Prisoners and Citizenship Rights a Education Justice Project i preparing prisoners for re entry ii EJP is committed to giving prisoners skill improving literacy teaching English iii education as a social and cultural right V State and Citizenship The case of DREAM ers a conflict within the state b pending legislation i development relief and education for alien minors act DREAM act 1 would provide permamnent residency ot minors whose parents emmigrated to the US without proper documentation 2 applies to minors ii Executive Action 1 Deferred action for childhood arrivals DACA VI DREAM ers and Activism a Goals i stop deportations ii access to education benefits iii access to work opportunities b Tactics i social media ii mass protests iii civil disobedience 1 risking arrest and deportation 2 infiltrating deportation centers c Organizations i National Organizations 1 united we dream 2 national immigrant youth alliance ii Grassroot organizations VII Social Movements a social interactions between people in power and those who are not but who claim a constituency b Goal i shift in exercise or distribution of power c consists of public demonstrations of the claim d How do they emerge e What are their goals i how do they pursue their goals f what effects do they have on society g Intellectual History i started studying social movements in the aftermath of World War 2 ii Collective Behavior iii Resource Mobilization iv Political Process Social Movement Emergence VIII a Greivances Always exist why do movements only occa b c d e f sionally emerge i resources 1 material resources 2 other assets leadership DREAM ers i social media ii leadership Political Opportunities i Democratic Regimes ii Repressive Regimes 1 may the change of nature of activism DREAM ers i conflict between president and congress 1 veto points The Cultural Turn i framing 1 providing new interpretations of familiar experiences ii Collective Identity 1 people coming together over shared experiences DREAM ers i framing 1 emphasis on children of undocumented workers ii collective identity 1 dangers of being undocumented