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You'll note from the video I'm referring to crime stats in the UK. I'm not sure about your references to African Americans or what your 51% out of 6% stat is indicating? All the info in my videos is from credible Sociologists and research organisations. What are you missing? I'm not really following your point tbh and don't understand how you've reached your conclusion...

Thanks very much! I remember those late night shifts 👍

It might be hard to link to the Bulger case because it's not directly about social class and how the bourgeoisie benefit from the criminal justice system.

@@thesociologytutor2449 thanks so much for replying, could it be used if you were looking at the boys parents? Both single mothers? Or would it just be easier to pick another case? Sorry for all the questions I'm just not getting it 😂

I don't know the question, but it sounds like it might be tricky. A crime by a big corporation that did significant damage to society but wasn't punished heavily would be easy to connect to Marxism. Highlight how the ruling class make the laws themselves therefore the laws don't punish rich companies. An oil spill might be good.

I see what you mean by about the parent angle, the media blames the working class single mums for the crime, rather than acknowledging it's extremely rare and unrelated to class. That could work as well.

Hi Fatima, here's the link - www.lse.ac.uk/News/Research-Highlights/Society-media-and-science/urban-myths - the LSE website had lots of articles by Dr Nwonka 👍

Do u have a copy of ur assignment?

Sounds like you're a Marxism expert, perhaps you could make a video to enlighten us :)

@@thesociologytutor2449 You read "expert" from that blurb of a comment? I fear you grant me more than I can claim. I have, however, seen enough Marxism videos on TH-cam to have an impression (albeit anecdotal) that the algorithm either does not uncover, or content creators cannot make, an "explanatory" video that describes the philosophy in a manner that is a straightforward description of what it is and how it in fact functions... and without ANY appeals to morality, authority, or by "description by negation" i.e. Trying to define it by explaining what it is NOT (capitalism). If it's a "scientific theory" as I have often heard it described, then it can be expounded upon and explained without any prescriptive moralizing. That seems to never be the case. Makes one think it is philosophy, not science.

Perhaps the unspoken assumption of the people making the videos is that Marxism is a philosophy and not a science? It's hard to see to how the theory and methods of Marxism/socialism are akin to those of the natural sciences. I don't think Marx frequently described his work as scientific.

Hey Suvi! Thanks for your comment 😀 I'm glad the videos are helping. Have you seen my video on sects, cults and dominations? th-cam.com/video/oWfU6Rg1YGI/w-d-xo.html - it might help? I'd have to do a bit of research to understand the topic from an Indian perspective, it sounds interesting though. I imagine there would be interesting differences between a western and Indian perspective given the negative associations western media have with sects and cults.

Maybe, depends how we classify hard work. 30% of wealth in the UK is inherited (not worked for). The wealthiest groups are inheriting huge amounts of wealth. That's in addition to the inbuilt educational advantage that comes from being wealthy.

@@thesociologytutor2449 ‘the wealthiest groups are inheriting huge amounts’. Pretty broad statement. Tell me of the 30% that is inherited how much is inherited from the bottom 90%. You sound like a 16 year old that has heard of Marxism for the time and can only think tunnelled thoughts with no understanding of adversity reactions. Communism and Marxism has proved itself to be nothing but malevolently terrible to anyone who has been subject to its practice in history with countless deaths as a direct result of it. The only way to get that scale of equality of outcome is a if a nefarious dictator seizes so much power that there is not a choice in the matter as to which economic ideal you subscribe to.

'how much is inherited from the bottom 90%' - that wouldn't be inheritance? Your original statement implied society is meritocratic 'peoples hard work'; the overwhelming evidence is that it isn't. There are countless studies on inherited wealth resulting in unequal opportunities and outcomes (a simple Google search will pull them up) It goes without saying, or at least I thought it did, that Marxism has been an abject failure in practise. This is a sociology channel where we encourage people to think critically about concepts like 'hard work'....

@@thesociologytutor2449 huh? You realise anyone can inherit wealth. Like if my mum passed and I inherited the £10,000 she had saved up that is still inheritance. Your implying that the 1% have access to information that no one else does, this simply isn't true all universities and public colleges have access to the same books and information, it is gaining admission to certain ones that set them apart, Your talking as though 30% is 100%, yes it is too high at 30 but that is not true capitalism that is crony capitalism and even crony capitalism has an infinite higher quality of life for EVERYONE than any 100% socialist regime.

Yes, I understand inheritance. It wasn't clear from your message what you were referring to. There's a middle ground between capitalism and communism. Scandinavian and some European countries have the highest standards of living. They're the most regulated economies in the world therefore the furthest from 'true capitalism'. I've worked in schools in poor and wealthy areas and they don't have access to the same resources. I suggest reading Professor Danny Dorking on educationwww.dannydorling.org/?p=6674

Thanks Rema! This type of comment is very encouraging 🙂 I'm glad the videos help explain these tricky topics.

Hey Kalpana! Absolutely. I'm planning some technique videos. Just as a quick point, I tell my students a 30m isn't really different to 20m, in that all the same techniques and structures should be used. Linking to source is key in both. But I'll do a longer video on it.

Interesting...I haven't come across Radcliffe Brown before. I'm assuming this is for a uni course? From a quick bit of research, it seem like he had some important ideas.