SOC 119
L7 Productions
Sociology 119 (SOC 119) is the largest Race and Ethnic Relations class in the United States. Join Dr. Sam Richards and over 700 students in the largest lecture hall at Penn State University in conversations with students and international guests about the world we live, the cultures we're surrounded by, and the ability to question the "invisible strings" of society.
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May 7, 2025 • 1h 3min
Experiences Matter | Personal Experiences with Discrimination | 25SP Class #23
Sam invites three groups of volunteers to the front of the classroom to talk about their experiences with discrimination. The first guest is Irvin Moore, a student who was in prison for over 50 years. The second set of volunteers are future law enforcement officers. The third group is a racial minority in America, Chinese Americans.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 6, 2025 • 1h 10min
One Policeman's Story | Mental Health in Policing | An Open Discussion | 25SP Class #22
Sam invites Retired LAPD Officer Joe Ivankay to talk about the day that changed his life and his struggles with mental distress following that event.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 5, 2025 • 1h 47min
Canceled for Cultural Appropriation | 25SP Office Hours #18
Sam and Alijah spend this Office Hours answering questions and comments from the live stream chat that happened during the two previous classes.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 5, 2025 • 1h 6min
Harmony | Korean, Japanese and Chinese Cultures | 25SP Class #21
Sam invites a Chinese, Japanese, and Korean student volunteer up to the front of the classroom to talk about cultural harmony in East Asia. How do they do it? What does it mean? Do they really have harmony?Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 4, 2025 • 1h 10min
Watch Your Language | Freedom & Censorship | 25SP Class #20
The Trump administration has put together a list of words that are being scrubbed from the U.S. Government's vocabulary. Sam invites two groups of students and asks them to put up "Stop Signs" every time the words are spoken in the classroom. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 4, 2025 • 1h 54min
Conversation about the Military with ROTC Students | 25SP Office Hours #17
Sam and Alijah welcome two ROTC students to continue the conversation from the previous class. The topic revolves heavily around DEI and merit, but does go into other things like misconceptions the general public has about the military. After the ROTC students leave, Sam, Alijah, and Jeff continue the conversation and also hit on some breaking news.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 3, 2025 • 1h 5min
Achievement Through Merit | U.S. Military Culture | 25SP Class #19
Sam welcomes three students who were in the military or are part of Penn State's ROTC program, as well as an instructor for the Military, Lt. Col. Mark Kormos (who's son is currently taking the class). The conversation revolves around DEI, nepotism, and merit within the United States Armed Forces.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 3, 2025 • 1h 19min
Sam's Return from Korea | 25SP Office Hours #16
Sam does a special Friday Office Hours Live Stream where he talks to the community about his trip to Korea. For the photos and videos, go to the video on YouTube!Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 2, 2025 • 1h 9min
A Negative Effect | Disenchantment with Higher Education | 25SP Class #18
Sam is back from Korea and comes back swinging with a topic about brainwashing. Sam invites four student volunteers up to the front to talk to them about their experiences with higher education. Are they brainwashed? Do students know anything? Do they think for themselves? We get some perspective on those questions.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 2, 2025 • 28min
An Opportunity for Questions | AMA with Basim Razzo | 25SP Class #17
Sam and Laurie are in transit to the United States, so it was a perfect opportunity to have the second exam of the semester. For about 27 minutes, Darniesha, the producer of the SOC 119 Live Stream, talks to "Unlce" Basim in front of the classroom - asking him questions as well as welcoming students to ask questions. Before Spring Break, the students walked his lectures as well as Sam's Ted x PSU Talk that brought the two men together.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
