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The Most Deviantized Group in United States
Deviance denotes behaviors or actions that go against formally enacted rules or informal social customs. Formal deviance encompasses criminal abuse of legally passed laws. The major examples of deviance behaviors in the United States include murder, rape, assault, robbery, and theft. On the other hand, informal deviance denotes going against informal social customs, which are standards that have not been classified into law (Pande, 2017). In the United States, the Islamic belief system or Muslims are considered as the deviant group by the society. The existence of the Al Shabaab group that is connected to the Islam religion is the main purpose why the society considers this group as the deviant one. Al Shabaab has been involved in several deviant behaviors in different nations like Kenya, whereby individuals in the society end up being murdered (Cusack, 2016). Such behaviors violate social norms, including formally enacted rules like crime. Social stigma is much reflective that it suppresses a positive social view concerning the manner in which an individual in the Islam religion follows the other social norms. Muslims are stigmatized because of the actions that the Al Shabaab militia takes part in. The individuals feel so bad and experience blame and critics all over. Some feel that the world around them is so detrimental and unfair due to the stigma.
In my opinion, the Black American group is the most deviant in the United States. Black Americans consist of roughly 13 percent of the United States population; however, 27 percent of the major arrests in several years are normally made against blacks compared to 70 percent for whites. The whites comprise approximately 74 percent of the population. In general, saying the Blacks are much expected to be put under arrest, and when to find guilty in court, they are given a long prison term (Leigh, A., & Melwani, 2019). To some extent, the same trends can be seen for other ethnic interest groups. Black Americans receive social stigma. The cultural sentiments are dominated by the realism that the black individuals that are stigmatized have disproportionate problems of negative. The mental well-being of the Black Americans is under tension as 2020 unravels, taking to light racial differences across the state. Whether it’s anxiety or depression (or, the nastiest incident scenario, suicide), there is a long time belief of the social stigmatization that they undergo.
The United States needs to continue making changes for Black Americans to have equal rights with whites because I consider this group not deviant. For many years, the Black has been civilized, and most of them observe and follow the social norms. The Blacks are more prone than whites to embellish the magnitude to which African Americans are confined in inner-city dearth. The black nations are nowadays considered as the birthplace of the cradle of civilization and humanity (Graham, 2020). The blacks have made a great achievement in observing and keeping the social norms. As a result, they should not be considered deviants or condemned for minor offenses but they be educated on the importance of not violating social norms or observing the enacted rules. The blacks’ lives in America should be based on equality, freedom, and pursuit of happiness. Social stigmatization ought not to be part of the daily lives of black Americans.
Reference
Cusack, C. M. (2016). Twins and Deviance: Law, Crime, Sex, Society, and Family. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pande, B. B. (2017). Unit-1 Concept Of Deviance And Crime. IGNOU.Leigh, A., & Melwani, S. (2019). # Black Employees Matter: Mega-Threats, Identity Fusion, and Enacting Positive Deviance in Organizations Academy of Management Review, 44(3), 564-591.
Graham, R. (2020). Race, Social Media, and Deviance. The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance, 67-90.
