SOCI 10100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Political Correctness
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Sociological imagination: the connection between individual and group. Concept that challenged what i believed: individuality. Challenged the belief i had that we had a choice to be an individual. Challenged the belief that i am an individual. Society is like your politically incorrect grandma: you can"t just go against her for fear of being kicked out of the group, these things persist because to go against them would break the norm and cause sanctions. We are always looking for meaning and belonging: that"s what it means to be social.