SOC 119
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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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Oct 9, 2025 • 2h 12min
More Thoughts about Campus Conservatives | Answering Chat Questions | 25FA Office Hours #7
Sam and Alijah reflect on the previous class about Conservative students with taking a bunch of questions from the live chat.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Oct 8, 2025 • 1h 11min
Campus Conservatives | College Student Perspective | 25FA Class #13
This class, Sam invites four students up to the front that identify as "Conservatives". Sam talk to them about that and how they view higher education and the culture they live in.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Oct 4, 2025 • 1h 9min
Discrimination 2025 | Discrimination in America | Narrative and Reality | 25FA Class #12
Sam invites three students to the front of the room to talk about discrimination in the United States and around the world in 2025. How do we know when it's discrimination? What are the trends? Is it happening a lot? It is happening at all? Sam attempts to answer some of these questions.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Oct 3, 2025 • 1h 50min
What Happens After Conflict? | Neo-Nazi March in America? | Polling Bias | 25FA Office Hours #6
Sam and Alijah have a conversation before answering a series of questions from the live stream chat sent in over the past week.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Oct 2, 2025 • 1h 9min
Only Two Percent! | How Do People Become Extremists? | Political Violence | 25FA Class #11
This class, Sam invites four special guests to talk about their experiences with political unrest and violence. What is it like to have a life under conflict? Guests: David from Northern Ireland, Susan from South Africa, Basim from Iraq, and Yuli from Colombia.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 29, 2025 • 1h 7min
We're All Snowflakes Now | Free Speech Discussion | 25FA Class #10
Sam invites two students to talk about hate speech, free speech, and being "snowflakes".Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 28, 2025 • 2h 15min
A Typical Professor | Cancel Culture | Guest Dr. Katherine Grasso | 25FA Office Hours #5
Sam is joined by a fellow professor, Dr. Katherine Grasso to talk about their experiences and the current climate of academia. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 27, 2025 • 31min
Checking In | Q&A with Dr. Sam Richards | Professor AMA | 25FA Class #9
Before the students take their first exam, Sam invites the class to ask him questions about the topics they have gone through this semester. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 25, 2025 • 1h 10min
My Choice? My Life? | Free Will vs. Determinism | Guest: Will Smart | 25FA Class #8
Former Penn State student and World in Conversation trained facilitator joins Sam to talk about the most important lesson of Sociology: Free Will and Determinism / Choice and Chance / The Invisible Strings and Reactions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 56min
Implicate Biases | Respecting Your Elders | Questions from the Stream | 25FA Office Hours #4
Sam and Alijah jump onto the stream and talk about the implicate biases they have been noticing in society more today. Around the halfway point, Jeff moves the conversation towards answering questions that have been sent into the live chat over the past week.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
