ApPlication of Peter Berger
Key Principles of Peter L. Berger: Vis a Vis Sociology of and the Sociology of Knowledge as they Relate to Social Roles, Social Stratification, Social Inequality, and Justice, Peter J. Jessen, Reader, 1993
Berger’s “of course-ness…" of the "Multiple Realities of the Everyday World"
in the "Contestations" of Social World Building Which Last "...Until Further Notice"
Excerpts from #Solution Paper #1 The Negative Economics of Racism, November 22, 2016
Purpose: To discuss issues surrounding the economics of racism
To identify collaborative solutions
Forum for: Decisions makers in private, public, and nonprofit sectors
1st question: What does racism have to do with the economy of the Twin City Metro area?
2nd question: Why the enormous income gap (census figures) between Whites and nonwhites?
Proposed solution: Education, training, expanded opportunities in the workplace"
Brief Response to Forum Brochure
Yes, this could work IF: You don't kill the geese (industrial capitalism, political democracy,
and carefulness/respect for values and tradition) that lay the golden eggs (prosperity, the benefits of material production; equality as access to the ladder of social mobility: to succeed or fail, and if fail, to have a floor below which one doesn't fall; and liberty, in both institutional/political terms and in personal autonomy terms), all of which contribute [using the words of Peter L. Berger] to the "of courseness..." of the "Multiple Realities of the Everyday World" in the "Contestations" of Social World Building Which Last "...Until Further Notice"
and yes, if this key truth is recognized: that racism exists (statistically provable).
It is very damaging to our economy, as noted below (and, therefore, it is also damaging to society as a whole, to our sense of shared community and moral standards, and to posterity, the future in which our children and grandchildren will live). Racism works several ways: Whites vs. Blacks; Blacks vs. Whites; White ethnics against other White ethnics; different black groups against other Black groups; all of which results in a racist culture war in which both White skin heads and Black culturalists fight together against the classic liberal, European ideal of tolerance, of people who want to be in the USA in terms of geography, but who are really part of either White or Black semi-separatist groups, fighting against being American by culture. Purpose: To discuss issues surrounding the economics of racism
To identify collaborative solutions
Forum for: Decisions makers in private, public, and nonprofit sectors
1st question: What does racism have to do with the economy of the Twin City Metro area?
2nd question: Why the enormous income gap (census figures) between Whites and nonwhites?
Proposed solution: Education, training, expanded opportunities in the workplace"
Brief Response to Forum Brochure
Yes, this could work IF: You don't kill the geese (industrial capitalism, political democracy,
and carefulness/respect for values and tradition) that lay the golden eggs (prosperity, the benefits of material production; equality as access to the ladder of social mobility: to succeed or fail, and if fail, to have a floor below which one doesn't fall; and liberty, in both institutional/political terms and in personal autonomy terms), all of which contribute [using the words of Peter L. Berger] to the "of courseness..." of the "Multiple Realities of the Everyday World" in the "Contestations" of Social World Building Which Last "...Until Further Notice" And yes, if this key truth is recognized: that racism exists (statistically provable).
It is very damaging to our economy, as noted below (and, therefore, it is also damaging to society as a whole, to our sense of shared community and moral standards, and to posterity, the future in which our children and grandchildren will live). Racism works several ways: Whites vs. Blacks; Blacks vs. Whites; White ethnics against other White ethnics; different black groups against other Black groups; all of which results in a racist culture war in which both White skin heads and Black culturalists fight together against the classic liberal, European ideal of tolerance, of people who want to be in the USA in terms of geography, but who are really part of either White or Black semi-separatist groups, fighting against being American by culture.