A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to sociology.
In recent months, sexual violence against women in India has received significant global media attention. The coverage has shown that assaults against Indian women are frequently trivialized and few offenders are convicted. This shows [...]
“Certainly these children are deserving of services, but it’s a question of whether all this money is actually benefiting them or is being wasted on the contractors.” - Raymond J. Domanico, director of education [...]
"We are at a very high level. These levels in the previous episode led to problems and riots across the world." - Abdolreza Abbassian, senior food analyst, U.N. Food Organization In December 2010, the [...]
Today’s New York Times in an article “Squalid Abortion Clinic Escaped State Oversight” described the despicable conditions poor colored women confronted in getting an abortion in Philadelphia over a 25-year period. A few days ago, [...]
Ken Auletta wrote a terrific book, "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It." Auletta combined his extensive knowledge of the media and technology industries to explain the mission of Google, the [...]
The recent arrest of David Headley for his involvement in the Mumbai Massacre and 5 American college students in Pakistan for hoping to initiate terrorist activity represent a clear and present danger even in America. [...]
The dice have been rolled for the fate of 300 million Americans. Congress recently enacted legislation to resolve the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression. This will be the government's greatest effort to [...]
Personal Background: On reflection, I would not have written an essay about Hollywood’s failure to produce movies that focused on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust from 1930-1962 without the influence of both of my parents. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
