SOCIOLOGY NOTES:

DERBER: WILDING OF AMERICA

CHAPER 1:
-In 1989, a group of teenage boys beat and raped a Manhattan
woman in Central Park.
-Wilding:avtivity by a gang of youths going on a violent
rampage in a public place, attacking random people.
-Woman was wealthy 28 year old, finished Yale, investment banker.
-Convicted youth was Hispanic and black
-Confessions were forced, 18-30 hours of nonstop questioning. Were
wrongly convicted
-Charles Stuart killed his own wife but blamed on a black man.
-Wilding Ik culture: killed their own children. No emotions. Only
wanted to survive
-Expressive wilding: wilding for sheer satisfaction (teenagers
acting wild)
-Instrumental wilding: ambition, competitiveness, and greed that
advance the self at the cost of others.
-Durkheim believed that individualism could poison the bonds that
make social like possible.
-Durkhein ANOMIE
CHAPTER 2:
-Starts off with explaining different stories of husbands killing their
wives and vice versa.
-Susan Smith: killed her children in order to be with a man that did
not want to date a woman with children. Ended up in jail.
-The ultimate WILDERS.
CHAPTER 3:
-The wilding epidemic is worsening by the cultural forces.
-TV shows such as Survivor, where people act like the Ik- trying to
win
-More shows like house of cards and breaking bad.
-Wilding in universities such as assaults, cheating
-Desperate for good grades 75% of students admit to cheating
-Students are constantly taking out loans while the universities
make the money
-Cheating in NFL and baseball with steroids
-Grand Theft Auto widing
CHAPTER 4:
-Companies are opening factories overseas for cheap labor.
-Workers have horrible conditions

-Its all about the money

CHAPTER 5:
-In 2008, capitalism gone wild.
-Part of the American Dream was owning a home.
-Banks were giving out mortgages to people who could not even
afford it.
-Eventually people had their homes taken away.
-All the banks were bailed out by the government with tax payers
money.
-Did not pay that money to cover student loans. Why?
-Because most of the corporations are in Washington, donated lots
of money for campaigns of the people running the show.
CHAPTER 6:
-Detroit filed for bankruptcy in 2013.
-This happened because many people fled the to suburbs or other
states.
-Detroit used to be the center of the auto industry.
-Auto industry left Detroit to places like mexico and china for the
profit.
-By 2009 only few GM and Chrysler facilities were left.
-Companies like Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc. pay minimum wage
which is not enough t live.
-Many of the auto executives moved to the suburbs- not paying city
tax money
-Voting suppression: decreasing voting hours, strict ID laws.
CHAPTER 7:
-Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin- Wilding
-Economic wilding by gun manufacturers and sellers is the cause
gun violence.
-Sandy Hook elementary school
-Innocent children accidentally playing with a gun and shooting.
-Gun violence is higher in the US than any other country.
-Higher gun possession does not mean higher gun violence. Strict
laws decrease.
-The biggest gun makers are owned by privet funds run by Wall
Street.
-NRA is a economic and political wilder.
CHAPTER 8:
-Global warming is being denied by many because they are
responsible for it.
-Its all about the money