DHC FRS 01: Dating and Mating Across Cultural Lines (blog # 3)

Instructor: Dr. Lalia Hekima Kiburi

Winter Quarter  2014

Blog Question # 3

The socialization of human behavior via television is an ongoing subject of research.  Miscegenation, defined as sexual relations or intermarriage between races, is currently featured in Scandal--one of the most highly rated television shows debuting in 2012.  This series is about an interracial affair between a European American, married, republican president and a beautiful woman that is African American, single, republican, and head of a Washington D.C crisis management firm.   The love affair reveals a powerful personal, political and sexual reality.  Utilizing the concept of miscegenation and course material to date, do you think that this television series will promote greater acceptance of interracial dating and mating specifically between African American women and European men? Why or why not?

Racial Profiling by NYPD

I really encourage everyone to watch this video. It seems a little long at first, but if we are to work towards an equal society, we need to be informed. Being informed sometimes means hearing things that we do not want to hear.

DHP FRS 01: Dating and Mating Across Cultural Lines (blog #2)

Instructor: Dr. Lalia Hekima Kiburi

Winter Quarter  2014

Blog Question # 2

Cognitive dissonance is a social psychological theory defined as: "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, esp. as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."  In other words: when your beliefs are inconsistent with your reality.  Utilizing course material (lectures, presentations, readings) discuss how you could utilize cognitive dissonance theory to explain the appeal and the challenges faced by couples in an interracial relationship?

sources:

https://www.google.com/search?q=define+cognitive+dissonance&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&source=hp

http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/dissonance.htm

DHP FRS 01: Dating and Mating Across Cultural Lines (blog #1)

Instructor: Dr. Lalia Hekima Kiburi Winter Quarter  2014 Blog Question # 1

NUT TO KARDASHIAN: I’LL KILL YOU: Kim Kardashian reportedly filed a police report after a teen called her a “n****r lover” and said “I will kill you, slut” during an altercation outside of a Beverly Hills medical building. As the reality-TV star tried to enter the building, the 18-year-old initially appeared to be trying to help her get past photographers, but then began using racial and homophobic epithets. Kardashian then called fiancé, Kanye West, who allegedly punched the man. West is now a subject of a criminal battery investigation, in addition to charges he faces for an earlier altercation at Los Angeles International Airport.

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In sociology ethnic and racial slurs are defined as “ethnophaulisms”.  Utilizing the sociological term ethnophaulism and the ideology of “nation building”, what advice would you give to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West regarding their dating and mating across cultural lines in the 21st century?   (Do not be influenced by the media’s use of the label “nut”.)