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SOC 119

Sociology 119 (SOC 119) is the largest Race and Ethnic Relations class in the United States. Join Dr. Sam Richards and over 700 students in the largest lecture hall at Penn State University in conversations with students and international guests about the world we live, the cultures we"re surrounded by, and the ability to question the "invisible strings" of society.

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01:09:02

25FA Class #1: My 43rd Year

SOC 119 ·

2025/08/28

Sam starts his 43rd year of teaching with a standard introduction of himself, the class, and a case study.Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:55:03

25SU Office Hours #14: Tour of Bogotá, Colombia |...

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2025/08/22

Sam joins the stream from Bogotá, Colombia. Alijah joins the stream from his office at Penn State. The two explore the psychology of fear and undermining communities with inaccurate stereotypes. Sam puts his money where his mouth is and takes us on a tour of a nearby park where he talks to locals, meets two Venezuelan refugees, and sonders his way through the city.Learn more about the class:

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01:19:17

25SU Office Hours #13: Live from the Classroom | A...

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2025/08/19

Sam and Alijah meet in person in the empty Thomas Building, Room 100 to have a different form of Office Hours. They talk about a wide range of issues, but do circle back to talking about multiple religious perspectives and how people find value in each one. There are audio issues for the first 5 minutes, and sometimes the audio cuts off because of the gate on the microphones. We tried to boost the audio in post -- our apologies.Learn more about the class:

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01:53:11

25SU Office Hours #12: Can You Trust Wikipedia? |...

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2025/08/11

Sam is solo this week as Alijah went on vacation this week. The first hour is Sam's opportunity to share the news stories that are most interesting to him. The second half, Sam invites Jay, a Wikipedia Editor to talk about the website, finding truth, and the fights that happen over facts.Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch live on YouTube:

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01:09:53

25SU Class #22: Protecting the Children | LGBT Identity

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2025/08/06

Welcome to the twenty-second class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class twenty-one of the Spring 2023 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:06:29

25SU Class #21: Being a Man in the World |...

SOC 119 ·

2025/08/05

Welcome to the twenty-first class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Tuesday, October 6, 2022 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class fifteen of the Fall 2022 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:11:38

25SU Class #20: The Logic of Affirmative Action

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2025/08/04

Welcome to the twentieth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, November 3, 2022 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class twenty-two of the Fall 2022 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:26:26

25SU Office Hours #11: Going Through Headlines |...

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2025/08/01

This week, Sam and Alijah have a discussion about where to get your news from, what to look for when reading articles, and ways to determine the bias level of your sources.Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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00:59:12

25SU Class #19: Indigenous Ways of Thinking | Native...

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2025/07/31

At one point, DJ will invite everyone to watch a video. Watch it here: https://www.soc119.org/water Welcome to the nineteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This video was originally streamed on Thursday, September 28, 2017 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class twelve of the Fall 2017 semester. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:09:17

25SU Class #18: Muslims 101 | Exploring Religious...

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/30

Welcome to the eighteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This video was originally streamed on Thursday, April 12, 2018. This was class twenty-six of the Spring 2018 semester. This lecture was produced on Penn State’s University Park Campus.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:09:48

25SU Class #17: Asian Cool | Asian Cultural Conversation

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2025/07/29

Welcome to the seventeenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class five of the Fall 2018 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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00:57:07

25SU Class #16: Hispanic Considerations | Hispanic &...

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2025/07/28

Welcome to the sixteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, January 26, 2023 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class six of the Spring 2023 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:49:45

25SU Office Hours #10: Sam's Experience with a Contra...

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/25

Sam joins Alijah yet again for another Office Hours. Sam had a list of things he wanted to talk about including Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. However, he got a bit distracted with South American history and his personal experiences in the 1980s living in areas with American supplied militias fighting poor natives because of communism, adding to the oppression of the average person. This topic and so much more are talked about in this Office Hours...Learn more about the class:

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01:10:03

25SU Class #15 : Soldiers and Cops | Public...

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2025/07/24

Welcome to the fifteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, November 16, 2023 on Penn State’s University Park Campus. This was class twenty-six of the Fall 2023 semester. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:11:50

25SU Class #14: When Things Fall Apart | Leaving...

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2025/07/23

Welcome to the fourteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, February, 2023 on Penn State's University Park Campus.. This was class ten of the Spring 2023 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:13:00

25SU Class #13: A Live Experiment in Empathy | Story...

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/22

We highly recommend you watch Sam's Ted Talk: "A Radical Experiment in Empathy" before listening to this episode. Read more about Basim's Story in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/16/magazine/uncounted-civilian-casualties-iraq-airstrikes.htmlWelcome to the thirteenth class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. The video was originally streamed on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. This was class twenty-five of the Spring 2018 semester. This lecture was

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01:12:25

25SU Class #12: Unfocusing | Israel and Palestine...

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2025/07/21

Welcome to class twelve of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, October 12, 2023 on Penn State's University Park Campus. It was class sixteen of the Fall 2023 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:26:56

25SU Office Hours #9: Make America Grate Again | The...

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/18

Sam and Alijah meet up on Wednesday to talk about the current events happening around the U.S. and the world today. The topics generally revolve around Donald Trump and the Epstein Files, as expected, however, they also move onto other topics including the Big Beautiful Bill. Finally, Sam and Alijah tackle the question, "Did God put Trump in power?"Learn more about the class:

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01:04:02

25SU Class #11: Goes Both Ways | BLM & J6 Protests

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/16

Welcome to class eleven of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 on Penn State's University Park Campus. It was class five of the Spring 2024 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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01:10:18

25SU Class #10: Our Bounded Choices | Conversation...

SOC 119 ·

2025/07/15

Welcome to class ten of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Thursday, March 31, 2022 on Penn State's University Park Campus. It was class twenty-two of the Spring 2022 semester.Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET.https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

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