{"title":"White Unity and Prisoner-Officer Alliances","authors":"Brittany Friedman","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114978","url":null,"abstract":"The law enforcement badge is a prized possession for white supremacists. Broader patterns of alliances between law enforcement and civilian white supremacists are endemic to social order in the United States, both in free society and within prisons. Using archival methods on trusty systems in California prisons, I show the development of prisoner-officer alliances that reify the privileges of white power.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"28 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47101221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steve G. Hoffman, Kelly Joyce, Sharla N. Alegria, Susan E. Bell, Taylor M. Cruz, S. Noble, Benjamin Shestakofsky, Laurel Smith‐Doerr
{"title":"Five Big Ideas About AI","authors":"Steve G. Hoffman, Kelly Joyce, Sharla N. Alegria, Susan E. Bell, Taylor M. Cruz, S. Noble, Benjamin Shestakofsky, Laurel Smith‐Doerr","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114975","url":null,"abstract":"Massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked a renewed debate over its impact on how we live, learn, and work. The last few years have also seen a burst of critical sociology about AI, pushing the conversation toward a deeper understanding of structural and intersectional inequalities. Here, we offer five big ideas that highlight what is distinctive about the emerging sociology of AI.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"8 - 15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47261704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Environmentalism in Europe","authors":"Nana Tuntiya","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114988","url":null,"abstract":"While environmental threats affect all nations globally, different countries develop their unique ways of approaching the problem. In addition to the legal framework protecting its natural resources, Europe developed a model of addressing environmental concerns by everyday actions, incorporating sustainable practices into individual lifestyle choices and business practices. This photo essay documents examples of how such solutions are infused into everyday lives of citizens to a great cumulative impact on the region. This gives an inspiration to other nations to work on reducing their environmental footprint and balancing their economic goals with the mindful stewardship of nature.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":" ","pages":"40 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47818645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Anti-Asian Racism is Experienced","authors":"Cary Wu","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114990","url":null,"abstract":"Growing attention has been given to the massive spike in anti-Asian hate crimes since the COVID-19 outbreak. But it is also essential to recognize that not all Asians experience the rise of anti-Asian racism to the same degree. Many individual and contextual factors may shape individuals’ subjective experience of anti-Asian racism. Underlying Asians’ differential experiences are the unequal psychological consequences they bear. This essay explores nativity, and co-ethnic concentration, as well as how they interact to affect Asians’ experience of anti-Asian racism.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"48 - 51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43504270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecos, Ethnos, and Fascism","authors":"Jesse Callahan Bryant","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114992","url":null,"abstract":"In many documents left behind by recent white domestic terrorists we see the re-emergence of a national identity that fuses people and land. From Christchurch to El Paso, old articulations \"the people\" which came to a head most famously in the Nazi sense of the volk and the politics of blood and soil are today resurfacing. This article traces the broad contours of this politics that fuses ethnos and ecos in order to morally justify political exclusion, genocide, and today terrorism via mass shooting.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"51 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42577769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contemporary First Amendment Politics","authors":"L. Esparza","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114977","url":null,"abstract":"In this essay I contrast twentieth century heroes of freedom of speech in the Old and New Lefts with contemporary “cancel culture” and social media censorship. In so doing, my aim is to invite you to think with me about this metamorphosis and what it means for social movement research.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"22 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43194867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Measuring Immigrant Income","authors":"Kimberly Higuera","doi":"10.1177/15365042221114995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221114995","url":null,"abstract":"This brief draws on the case of Mexican immigrants, the most populous and constant remitting immigrant group in the United States, to show how remittances are a blind spot for US agencies, like the Census Bureau and IRS. Failing to account for remittance expenses likely leads to the overestimation of income and under-estimation of poverty rates in Mexican immigrant communities. Income and poverty figures of other consistent remitting immigrant groups, like other Latin American and Caribbean immigrants, may also be misestimated. There are two accessible ways to capture the impact of remittances: 1. the Census Bureau should alter the Supplemental Poverty Measure to account for international medical and childrearing expenses and 2. the IRS should allow foreign-born people to claim foreign-bound transactions of any sum that support caretaking, healthcare and education as deductions and account for them when adjusting taxable income. These changes would create a better economic portrait of immigrant communities and facilitate access to safety net programs.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"60 - 63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45598888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping the Ripple Effect in Minnesota","authors":"Scott Chazdon","doi":"10.1177/15365042221107668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221107668","url":null,"abstract":"A reflection on how we can better evaluate the impact of university extension programs by mapping the ripple effect.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":" ","pages":"71 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46349654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small-Town Pride","authors":"Kimberly Creasap","doi":"10.1177/15365042221107663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221107663","url":null,"abstract":"This article traces the “shadow geographies” of the 1980s gay bar scene in Ohio’s capital, Columbus, and contrasts it with the emergence of LGBTQ movements in Midwestern small towns. Urban gay bar scenes have declined since at least 2009, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only hastened their demise. At the same time, pride events have emerged in the communities like Parkersburg, West Virginia; Washington, Pennsylvania; Marysville, Ohio, and; and many other cities and towns with populations under 50,000 people. The decline of urban gay bars does not mean the demise of LGBTQ activism; it just means that we should look for activism outside of urban centers.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"55 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47028436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abortion Restrictions are Harmful to Everyone","authors":"D. Bessett","doi":"10.1177/15365042221107670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042221107670","url":null,"abstract":"I know that the recently leaked draft from the U.S. Supreme Court portends a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that will harm pregnant people and our society. From my expertise as a medical sociologist who studies abortion care, I know that allowing the restriction of abortion will result in more maternal deaths, more health disparities by race and class, more harm to families. I know abortion restrictions damage relationships between pregnant people and their health care providers and limit class mobility.","PeriodicalId":72701,"journal":{"name":"Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"72 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45906671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}