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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Apr 18, 2025 • 1h 5min
25SP Class #11: We Won! | The End of USAID
Sam brings four student volunteers up to talk to them about USAID and the Trump Administration's decision to end the program. How much money is being spent? Is it too much? Is it not enough?Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 17, 2025 • 1h 8min
25SP Class #10: I Would Speak Up! | Sexism Conversation
Sam invites two male and three female volunteers to the front of the classroom to talk about sexism in the modern world. Is it happened? What does it look like? Why don't people push back, or do they?Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 16, 2025 • 1h 60min
25SP Office Hours #8: Being Pushed Into Narratives
Sam and Alijah start Office Hours talking about being pushed into narratives. Some breaking news happens in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The last half of the episode Sam replies to questions from the previous classes.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 15, 2025 • 31min
25SP Class #9: What Are We Thinking? | Professor AMA
This is a shortened class because the students had their first Exam that day. Sam opens the conversation up to the students allowing them to ask Sam anything.Some questions involved: Death, Immigration, Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show, Why Does Sam Live in PA, and more.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 14, 2025 • 1h 29min
25SP Office Hours #7: Thinking Together with Dr. Laurie Mulvey
Sam hosts a live stream by himself for the first time. So he decided to do an in-person interview with his wife, the great Doctor of Dialogue, Dr. Laurie Mulvey. The two talk about life in Trump's America and how to move in a positive direction as a nation by thinking together.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 12, 2025 • 1h 1min
25SP Class #8: Mourning Together | Individual and the Collective
This episode starts with an interview Sam did with Kim Soomin, a producer at a Korean English TV Channel, ArirangTV. Sam asks Soomin about the recent tragedy that happened in South Korea - a massive plane crash. How did Korea respond? How is it similar to different than America's responses to tragedy?Sam then invites five student volunteers, three are international and two are American and the conversation continues.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 11, 2025 • 1h 48min
25SP Office Hours #6: How Will We Survive? | Trump, DEI, and Current Events
Sam and Alijah talk about the last few classes about DEI. However, the conversation will turn towards the Collective, Tribalism, Empathy, and the War on Cops (to name a few things).Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 10, 2025 • 1h 8min
25SP Class #7: What About Discrimination? | DEI's Original Purpose
Sam invites two student volunteers to talk about discrimination, how do we measure it, what does it mean, and how do we overcome it?Then Sam invites up three different student volunteers to talk about Affirmative Action and University admission.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 9, 2025 • 1h 7min
25SP Class #6: The Rebirth of DEI | What's the Purpose?
Sam invites four student volunteers to the front of the room to talk about the "rebirth" of DEI. What was the purpose? Why did the American government impose it on the country? Sam also starts the conversation about nepotism and merit.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 7, 2025 • 1h 55min
25SP Office Hours #5: More Discussions about DEI and Discrimination
Sam and Alijah continue the conversation about DEI in Trump's America.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
