I believe both of these musical compositions about "Ms. Jackson" are good examples of symbolic interaction. Ms Jackson is a perception, and label in my mind. Ms. Jackson is an influential perception, and label.
In the case of Outkast's Ms Jackson, I think it is trying to show the other side of single mother hood, the struggles of the father who works, supports his children though child support, can barely take care of his self, yet still is looked down on by the mother who may or may not be caring for the child in the best ways, her family, and society.
On the other hand, Panic at the Disco's Ms. Jackson , to me is all about Ms. Jackson- the addiction. Addictions that range from smoking, drug use, sex, gambling or alcoholism.
How were you shaped by socialization? Family influences, and culture very much influence our perceptions about ourselves and they greatly influenced how we interacted socially as children. In addition to our family structure, our experiences within that structure and the quality of the other social structures in which we are exposed to greatly influence the self whom we grow into, the way we perceive society, and the way we behave within our life time.
Many of the people that I grew up around came from an educated and loving home environment. As a young child I developed many positive relationships with my peers and have fond memories of my elementary school years. But as "times grow longer, and children get older"...Interests, and activities differ between ourselves and others and often we grow apart; or we nurture those friendships, and spend lots of time socializing and growing up as great companions.
When you reflect back to your late childhood and early adolescence was your family dynamic still the same, as it was years before? For many of the same people I knew, it was. Morals and reasoning skills begin to develop, and be used. Many adolescence are able to keep up with added volume of school work and extra curricular activities while being supported by their home environment. These adolescence in-turn reflect positive social development, and academically continue to advance. But for others, school work has become more challenging, developing a true sense of self is distracted by "identity searching" , morals, and healthy social relationships can also be merely absent because of the absence of a positively functioning home environment, and positive social support.
For the adolescent whom lacks the positivity in their early and latter development, often times begin to Deviate from the norms of society without the realizing that socialization plays such a large part in our lives. Sometimes the deviance continues, and then becomes harmful to the individuals and others around them. Either in form of gang activity, substance abuse, and or violent actions.
For some, the enlightenment of social order never comes, and then deviance continues their entire lives. For others, this enlightenment comes later in life. Some are capable of make positive changes for themselves. but for some, however, only become aware of the social exceptions enforced by society after being stripped away from their self-identity and put into total institutionalization (Jail or Prison)
The self awareness of how society is shaped and the part we play within it; is a very rich quality to posses in my own life. This way of thinking was not influenced by my parents. I think I am lucky to have the "light turned on" during my early to emerging adulthood after the experiences during my adolescence. The song I have chosen to apply my blog to is called "You've Got Time" by Regina Spekor, it is the opening theme song to the Netflix Original Series Orange is the New Black. A show that shares the perspectives of institutionalized women in a prison in America.
Published on October 2nd, 2012 was the song Same Love, by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. In this song he talks about a taboo in some parts of society, homosexuality. Starting this song off were some important lyrics, explaining what and who make him think he is gay. When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay, Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.I told my mom, tears rushing down my faceShe's like "Ben you've loved girls since before Pre-K, trippin"Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league"A preconceived idea of what it all meant. Lets break this down a little bit so you have a better understanding of what this all means. First we will start off with: "When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay,
Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight." When Macklemore was a kid he thought he was gay due to the fact that he was good at art. Society views art as more of a feminine trait and things like sports as a masculine trait. Macklemore also had four uncles that were gay, growing up around not only a family of gay people but a town of gay people was a huge influence on him. When it comes to him keeping his room straight, that was another stereotype that he was fed as a kid. He believed that because other boys were so messy and he was very neat and clean, that he was gay. The next part of the song that we are going to break down is: I told my mom, tears rushing down my faceShe's like "Ben you've loved girls since before Pre-K, trippin"Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league"A preconceived idea of what it all meant.
Macklemore said he has tears rushing down his face when he told his mom because he knows that homosexuality is not accepted and he was scared of her response. The rest of the text in this verse demonstrates the range of the word gay has to children, all the stereotypes kids think associate with homosexuality.
In this song, Macklemore is trying to open our eyes about homosexuality and why it is wrong to discriminate against it. Really expressing how gay is synonymous with the lesser and it should be human rights for everyone because there is no difference between a straight person and homosexual. Hopefully you all can take the time to listen to the video and see what this songs true message to society is, because it is a strong one.
