Sociological Event Analysis of the Holocaust Introduction For this final project we have been asked to select a significant sociological event for which I have chosen the Holocaust of World War II‚ and then analyze the effects on society by answering the several questions. First how and why this event was sociologically interesting? Next we will discuss what social context that the event occurred in. Then we will look at how many people were affected by this event and the presence of possible trends
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1 . 1 3 . 1 9 4 1; Too old. Too young. Too short. Too tall. I could not understand how the Nazis could just kill. They killed mercilessly and without thought. They murdered simply because someone was too different. They took people away for being too Jewish. My family was too Jewish. My parents were too old. My brothers and I were holding each other tight‚ trying our best not to think of the events of just hours before. We focused on everything around us—the little warmth in our bodies‚ the sound
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Throughout history many genocides have taken place. A specific genocide I have decided to focus on is the Holocaust which took place from 1933 to 1945. Throughout those twelve years many families were torn apart and separated. During the Holocaust many families were separated. Families knew they would not be able to be together in the concentration camps. To avoid being separated and hurting their children‚ parents would place their children in convents‚ orphanages‚ and foster families before they
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Differences between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in
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Holocaust Narrative Template The Holocaust was when millions of jews were killed by The Nazis. The Holocaust also changed how the people viewed each other and judge people on what’s being said. Before 1933 there was a war called World War 1. There were a lot of effects during the war. For example like child labor‚ hunger within the people because people didn’t have money to buy food for their families This and other causes resulted 38 million dying during the war. The direct cause of WWI was the
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10/7/14 There are many different types of racial classification systems. The two most interesting to me are social Darwinism and ethnocentrism. These classification systems have made a significant difference on society over time. Social Darwinism is based on the “survival of they fittest” who ever is strongest to survive will have dominance in inferior races. Ethnocentrism is judging other groups by one’s own standards and values. This group views others groups with “otherness”. These groups discriminate
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Medical experiments of the Holocaust The holocaust happened during World War 2 in addition‚ it started the year 1939 and ended in 1945.“The holocaust was not only a Jewish tragedy‚ but also a human tragedy.” ~ Simon Wiesenthal. Doctors are meant to save life’s not to destroy them. Medical experiments during the holocaust is still remembered today because of the doctors who performed them‚ the test subjects they used‚ the extreme practices performed and the results. To begin with‚ the medical
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because they are “sloth and heathen Folly” meaning that they are lazy and foolish. However‚ the uncivilized would not appreciate it because they do not understand that it is benefitting them. The creator of this source demonstrates racism and ethnocentrism when he keep repeating the white man’s burden and suggests that you can judge someone’s inner character by their looks on the outside‚ in which
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Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism often bring about the belief that one’s own race or ethnic group is the most important and/or are superior to those of other groups. Ethnocentrism can have both a positive and negative effect in one’s personal life. “On the positive side‚ it creates in-group loyalties. On the negative side‚ ethnocentrism can lead to discrimination against people whose ways differ
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Ethnocentrism can be defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture. One practice that is done in the United States that is done differently by another culture could appear as not normal to us. We all have different definitions of what the right or “wrong” way of doing something is‚ but brought up and executed by another culture‚ the procedure may be done differently. I see this‚ as being negative because a lot
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