God grew tired of us

Last week we watched the movie "God grew tired of us". It was movie about African refugees who lived in Sudan since they were very young and were known as the lost boys. A group of those refugees were given a chance to go live in America to start a new life and make money. Once they arrived in America, they were very shocked at the things around them. The food was very different to what they were used to. They had to learn to go grocery shopping and learn about all times of food that they could eat. They had to learn how to turn on light switches, use TV's, stoves, microwaves etc. Once they finally settled down and started getting more comfortable with their surroundings, they had to go find jobs so that that would be able to support themselves. Once they started working, the jobs that they had found were not the greatest and so the times that were given to them to relax or hang out with their roommates was very limited and that had made many of the lost boys lonely and homesick. Many of the lost boys said that they liked living back in Sudan because it always felt like they had family around them, while being in America you were always by yourself and depended on yourself. As the yeas went on, the lost boys that were in America became accustomed to everything and found jobs to support themselves and most of their families back in Sudan. My parents can sort of relate to this when they came to America and had to get accustomed to the food and places around here because it was so different.

Culture Shock

This week in Sociology we talked about Culture. We might all live on the same planet but the thing we do, say or eat is different all around the world. Gestures might mean one thing here in America but if you were to go to a different country it could mean something totally different. When I moved to America my parents were the ones who went through culture shock. Having lived all there life in Bulgaria, they did not know how to read or write in English. They were totally clueless when they arrived. They couldn't get around easily because they didn't know how to ask. But, as time went on they started to learn and life got easier and easier for them. Even though still at times my mom is shocked at what Americans do and how different it is, after 13 years!

A Bronx Tale

This week in sociology we watched the movie called "A Bronx Tale"a movie based off of real events that have to do with this young boy called Calogero or C growing up in an Italian neighborhood. He lives a pretty normal life for a young kid until his path crosses with, Sunny. The mot powerful mobster in the Bronx. Growing up, Sunny takes Calogero under his wing and becomes like a second dad to him. As Calogero gets older he is put into the group or catagory of an Italian. Since this movie sets place in the 60's being a different race was a big problem. African American people also were seen as a different group. There were 2 neighborhoods in this movie that were part of the scene. The Italian neighborhood and the African American neighborhood. If you were to step into the wrong neighborhood it was not taken lightly. You were insulted and abused until you got out of their "territory". This example is a really good example of  how we put certain people in certain group and judge them off that. Most of the time though we group people without realizing it. That's because it might be how we were raised, and what time we live in.