Throughout the semester I have changed my research
question quite a few times. In the beginning the general group project was
centered on Xenophobia which is an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of
that which is foreign or strange. More specifically
the focus was on discussing racism as a form of Xenophobia. That in itself is
far too broad of a topic so to narrow it down further I’m looking at the how
the Ku Klux Klan shows (Xenophobia) racism through intimidation, and violence
towards African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement.
So my research question as of now is… How did the Ku Klux
Klan show Xenophobia towards African Americans during the Civil Rights
Movement?
My two interests are criminology and psychology, so
in answering my research question I wanted to look at the Ku Klux Klan’s
actions in both of those ways. Using the criminology side I can use information
from previous classes’ research papers to discuss the crimes the Ku Klux Klan
committed. Then use my interest in psychology to give a psychological
explanation of Xenophobia. There have been studies that have explained how
things going on in the brain cause people to act out in fear.
I wonder in what other ways we show hatred or fear
towards others without knowing it?...just a though
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I am in the same situation that you were in. I have changed my research topic multiple times since my group and I picked our topic. Our topic is bullying and what I narrowed my topic down to at first was cyberbullying/online bullying. I have yet to find a topic for myself that is narrow enough to start doing research on and it's getting overwhelming. On the other hand, I think your topic is a very interesting topic and narrow enough to find some great research on. I can't wait to listen to your presentation.
ReplyDeleteI have changed my questioned around several times as well. I feel like with all the new things we are learning in class it's kind of impossible to keep your question the same except if it was just perfect from the beginning. But to answer you question I am not really sure How people would show fear or hatred towards others without knowing it because in my case If I have a strong dislike for some one or if I am scared of someone I would defiantly show it. But I do know everyone is not like me which mean some people don't show there feelings, however, that would be hard for me to answer with ease.
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