Spring 2025 Shorts

This page will have links to every single Short during the Spring 2025 semester.
If you’re a student, do not use this page for your Class Reflection Video Assignments - if you link these videos, you will not get credit.
Head over to the Full Lecture page if you are looking to complete your Assignment.

Oh, by the way,
you can watch the shorts on TikTok!

Class 1: Another Beginning (Coming soon)

Dr. Richards: Swimming Upstream and Outside the Box
Former Guest Irvin Moore is Now a Student!
Why Do We Start Streaming Class?
Purpose Behind the Live Stream
Who's American? Who's International?

Class 2: Mixing It Up

The Best Part of Being a Child of Mixed-Race Parents
Understanding the World in a Different Way
Experiencing Japan as an American
Gaining New Perspectives | Interracial Relationships
Misconceptions of Mixed-Race Children
Advice for Interracial Relationships

Class 3: You’re Canceled | Cancel Culture Conversation

Navigating the Terrain of Cancellation
How Does Being Canceled Shape Your Online Behavior?
“You Share Too Much Online”
Using The “R-Word” in 2025

Class 4: The Art of the Switch | Conversation about Language

Code-Switching with a Professor
What is “Code-Switching”?
Speaking “Properly” Code-Switching
Black Women Natural Hair in the Military

Class 5: Death of DEI? | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Trump's America

Thoughts on Trump’s DEI Positions
When is Diversity Not Positive?
How is DEI a Problem?
The Ladder of Upward Mobility

Class 6: The Rebirth of DEI | What's the Purpose?

Call the Richest Black Person “Oppressed”
Equalizing Life’s Race
The Boots Theory

Class 7: What About Discrimination? | DEI's Original Purpose

“Driving While Black” in America
White-Washed Real Estate in America
Affirmative Action at Harvard University
School Enrollment by Meritocracy

Class 8: Mourning Together | Individual and the Collective

Korean Collective Mourning
Japan’s National Mourning Culture
Why Don’t Americans Mourn?
Japan's Earthquake Response

Class 9: What Are We Thinking? | Professor AMA

No Shorts

Class 10: I Would Speak Up! | Sexism Conversation

"The Job Interview" Study on Sexism [Woodzicka & LaFrance 2007]
"Why Did You Answer THAT Question?"
Are Women Socialized To Tolerate Troubling Behavior?
Women In Male-Dominated Workplaces

Class 11: We Won! | The End of USAID

"How Important Is U.S. Foreign Aid?"
Overcoming Poverty in Haiti with U.S. Aid
You ARE In The Top 10% of The World’s Wealth
Who's "the richest" 1%?

Class 12: Everyone is Welcome | Belonging in this World

Black Wealthy Culture: The Black Experience
Do These Signs Make You Feel Welcome?
Growing Up In Hong Kong: Mixed Race
How Often Do You Face Discrimination At Your University?

Class 13: Who Do I Want to Be? | Culture and Ethnicity Conversation

TBD

Class 14: Shaped by the Past | Flipping American History

TBD

Class 15: Punishment, Redemption, Transformation | Criminal Justice Reform

TBD

Class 16: Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo

“Sam’s Viral Ted Talk”
“An Iraqi’s Response to Sam’s Ted Talk”
“Basim Joins SOC 119 from Mosul, Iraq”
“Establishing a Friendship with an Iraqi”
“Americans Killed My Family”
“Photos After the Bombing”
“Introducing Basim Razzo to SOC119”
“Life Before ISIS Took Over Mosul”
“Basim’s Wife, Mayada”
“Basim’s Daughter, Tuqa”
“Basim’s Son, Yahya”
“When the Missiles Struck”
“What Did the Americans Say?”
“America Admitted to Bombing An Innocent Iraqi Family”
“The Value of a Life in Iraq & Syria”
“Why Don’t You Hate America?”
“Get Out of Your Comfort Zone”
“Iraqi Civilian Interaction with American Soldiers”

Class 17: An Opportunity for Questions | AMA with Basim Razzo

TBD

Class 18: A Negative Effect | Disenchantment with Higher Education

TBD

Class 19: Achievement Through Merit | U.S. Military Culture

TBD

Class 20: Watch Your Language | Freedom & Censorship

TBD

Class 21: Harmony | Korean, Japanese and Chinese Cultures

TBD

Class 22: One Policeman's Story | Mental Health in Policing | An Open Discussion

TBD