TEACHSOC: Re: Crash?

[Del Thomas Ph D]

Sarah, I expect that a basic goal for/of learning is a sociology class would be testable and the best available science.  Church groups are faith based and use a different standard.... that is why I used the terms convince and leads to......   Can you provide a reliable measure of  homophobia and evidence that homophobia causes infidelity or violence...... How do you explain domestic violence in heterosexual households? Del Sarah Murray wrote: What I'm hoping my students will learn from the film is that homophobia causes infidelity and violence -- not that homosexuality does. ----- Original Message ----- From: Del Thomas Ph D To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:19 PM Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Crash? Locally, church groups have used Brokeback Mountain to convince teens that the gay lifestyle is evil.... leads to violence and infidelity....they solve the so what issue by having teens work for candidates promoting anti gay legislation.... They report the film is quite effective...  They are not concerned by the science or the fact that these are commercial works of fiction.  As you know B Mountain was designed as a chick flick  ....... but it may have had other more powerful messages that producers will not admit to. Del Melanie E. L. Bush wrote: The issue I am referring to is not that the film is inflammatory but that it reinforces racism by levelling out the impact of white supremacy on whites and peoples of color.    For example.. where's the film that shows the differential approach to incarceration that is being discussed on this listserve?    To address racism as solely prejudice or stereotype as the film primarily does provides some relief to some who believe that "everybody's a little bit racist" - it's just world we live in - and if they are "nice" and don't engage overtly racist language or ideas they need not be overly concerned ... though it is highly offensive to many who face constant reminder of the structural and ideological consequences.   ahhhh this is precisely the subject of Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Forms of Whiteness...   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---