A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to sociology.
Over the years, I have developed great sympathy for Inspector Jacques Clouseau's boss -- Commissioner Charles Dreyfus. The good commissioner and I twitch when we observe inept moves. Although Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungled catching the [...]
"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens... clearly racist." "To the survivors, to the wives [...]
Introduction Two Brothers, Earl Black, professor of political science at Rice University, and Merle Black, professor of politics and government at Emory University provided an understanding or the regional divisions within the United States and [...]
In today’s New York Times, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. a professor at Harvard pointed out that the problem of elevating most blacks out of poverty requires urgent attention. Moreover, part of our failure to [...]
In my course at Fordham, Currents in Courage, we read To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning book. The infamous persecution, trial, and lifelong suffering of nine innocent black boys, accused falsely of [...]
The recently released documentary, Paperclips, provides another compelling Holocaust project that seeks to create a legacy of tolerance through examination of the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews, including some 1.5 million children below the [...]
The existence of Black Confederate soldiers almost sounds like an historical contradiction. Given that the South initiated the Civil War to preserve slavery, it is hard to imagine that (1) Southern leaders would utilize black [...]
I am always troubled when our country does not live up to its wonderful ideals. Fortunately, over time we have confronted our errors and terminated errant policies; however, mistaken policies have caused needless hardships for [...]
There are many different definitions of nationalism. From the perspective of an individual, nationalism is a feeling of identification with and dedication to a particular nation-state to the exclusion of all other nation-state. Nationalism is [...]
There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone to do it, or forbid your kids to do it. Life’s golden age is when the children are too old to need [...]
Mort Zuckerman, the owner and Editor-in- Chief of U.S. News wrote an editorial in his magazine about the increasing problems confronting the American middle class. Mr. Zuckerman’s concerns raise similar themes by Lou Dobbs, War [...]
Having been raised in a segregated city, Houston, I have as an adult been fascinated about the widespread employment of segregation both in the North and South subsequent to the Civil War. That is, until [...]
