Archive - The Neighborhood Sociologist

Do as I purr, squeal, chirp, and chatter, not as I do

Some folk wisdom about parents and their influence on children

Sep 8 •

Or, "Is Discrimination Always Wrong?"

Sep 1 •

August 2024

Or how I channeled my inner Darwin to help me think about online deviance

Aug 16 •

The day [insert name here] turned black

I don't know if I have "turned" yet for some people

Aug 3 •

July 2024

Humorous hate speech or hateful humorous speech

The function of jokes about Kamala Harris

Jul 31 •

The Left's collective action problem that is Elon Musk and X

Democrats can hang together or hang separately

Jul 23 •

Do people actually know what a Trump administration would bring?

Project 2025 is not what most Americans want

Jul 22 •

Asking better questions

We should ask more questions about white identity on polls

Jul 19 •

Steve Bannon, Project 2025, and their Perverse Affirmative Action Project

A recent piece from New York Times columnist David Brooks, “My Unsettling Interview with Steve Bannon,” unsettles me.

Jul 12 •

June 2024

Listening to and living through

A few lines written about the lives of others

Jun 24 •

A few rambling paragraphs about a meeting in which I end up supporting the Confederate flag

I recently attended a presentation from an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) representative about the AFT’s strategy for the upcoming presidential…

Jun 14 •

What is science?

Written by a sociologist

Jun 11 •

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