SUMBLOG11 Dorothy Smith

To truly know a cultural you have to spend time in that cultural.  This is the basic principle of Dorothy Smith’s standpoint approach theory.  Just like the documentary that we saw in class, we can’t judge a person based on looks alone.  The homeless street venders on the documentary were seen by some as lazy bums.  These same people also suggest that they stop doing what they are doing because it is not helping the local market and it gives a bad vibe to tourist who comes to visit their city.  However as the documentary stated, these venders are actually somewhat helpful within said community.  They all look out for one another and act as a cheap alternative for people who like a good bargain on book.  They also provide tourist with more useful information about places they should visit than those travel guide booth.  So for those people who may have a negative view on others, just spend some time getting to know them and maybe they could make a new friend.

Nerd culture use to be view as a gross and weird thing to be into.  Kids in school would always pick on the nerdy kid who spends most of their time reading comic books, playing trading card games, and always on the computer.  Little do they know that these kids would one day grow up to be a Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.  Due to the impact of this tech geniuses made in the main stream industry, people now are getting exposed to this cultural and thus are now more accepting of it.  Each year it seems like the film industry is coming out with a new superhero movie based off comic books.  People who did know about these superheroes are now becoming more knowledgeable with them, while these “nerds” have been exposed to them there who life.  Show like the Big Bang Theory is successful because they are using nerdy humor to entertain the audience.  Here is a clip from the show that will help demonstrate this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5w4Qz6pVk).  So what I am trying to get at is don’t judge a culture before you even get to know it, because one day it might just become the one that you enjoy being involve with the most.