Lisa Brown is a member of the Austin College staff, and is also a well-respected social psychologist she has accumulated quite a bit of research on the topic of racial bias along with social discrimination. Lisa questions the outlandish idea that we are currently living in the “post racial America” which is claimed to be evident in the presidency of Barack Obama, yet incidents of increase violence against unarmed black people continue to rise. Lisa insists Obama is a special kind of black man and a rarity of sorts even as a president he is the only commander and chief to have two degrees from ivy league institutions. Lisa insists that many people do not lack ability but are lacking determination she goes on to enlighten the audience that we all have the ability to accept one another but due to the difficulty of assimilating with one another, individuals choose to let that ability remain weak. Dr. Brown insists that once we increase our determination for social justice and acceptance of all walks of life we will reach true equality. Based on statistics Dr. Brown has found in her research she begs the question who in the United States justice system gets the benefit of the doubt?

Lisa has discovered through her research the less culturally influenced an individual looks or the lighter their skin is the less likely they are to receive harsher punishments and racial prejudice. Lisa’s claim shocked me because it leads me to believe that white America the over-all bully in this dilemma is okay with an ethnic person as long as they dilute their heritage to a certain extent and become accustom to so called “American life.” Dr. Brown suggests that white America is the bully and the number one cause for this social injustice taking place in our criminal justice system and streets do to the founding of our country in which white men and women took the lands from native Americans enforced black slavery and lead racial division and discrimination from day one so now that we have equality for every color in the job market, when an individual of color begins to take a white persons job, this leads a white person becoming frustrated and enraged insisting this is not the “American way” thus instilling even more hatred for other cultures in their heart and as the resulting cause you see the election of Donald Trump a man considered a bigot by most liberals and people who love to feed into whatever the left media tells them. Lisa Brown’s target audience are the bigots, the individuals fearful of learning new ways of life, individuals ignorant to acceptance, also to the socially intelligent. Lisa is attempting to awaken the ignorant. Lisa is trying to empower the socially intelligent individuals who have come accustom to acceptance and have found a love for new walks of life different from the ways they have been taught, she is attempting to get them to fight harder to bring about the extinction of ignorance.

I learned that because I am a college student I am less likely to experience harsh punishments in the court system unlike an individual my age who is a “Towny” because I am assumed to be a benefit to society and intelligent, whereas the “Towny” is assumed to be a waste of life and dumb. This idea sickens me and I fear there is no real fix to the social injustices that take place every day in America and across the world. This event relates to psychology because Dr. Brown is discussing what causes the thinking patterns and behaviors of individuals and groups that lead to racial stigma and injustice, much like Behaviorist would observe behavior or a psychoanalytic researcher would insist racial divide is learned from childhood experience. If I were to be in charge of the follow up event I would have Dr. Brown recall some of her original thoughts and more information from research she has been involved with. Then I would have actors portray a series of events where injustice and racial discrimination would play out before the audience. Following the examples I would have Dr. Brown ask the crowd what they see is the issue in the skits and how to attack the different issues. Next I would have Dr. Brown give an explanation as to why the small skits are so powerful for change, and how to combat the ways of thinking seen in the skit. Over-all I consider Dr.Brown to be an incredible individual whom embodies the perfect combination of beauty, awareness, determination, and intelligence. Austin College is blessed to have her on staff and I am blessed to learn from her.

Psychodynamic: In Miguel’s early years his parents were very particular about his diaper training and toilet training leading to his obsessive compulsive disorder. As a child Miguel did not have much of a bed time schedule set by his parents. Miguel’s parents did not care much about Miguel’s school work and allowed him to slack off in the classroom, when Miguel was at home the only thing he focused on was the television. Miguel developed an attention deficit disorder from his lack of focus on anything but cartoons. Miguel has had severe insomnia for quite some time due to his non-existent bed time as a child when he would lie awake for hours consuming cartoons. The years of distress on Miguel’s brain is leading him into a depression.

Behaviorist: Miguel is experiencing an issue with sleeping because he is upset with his lack of ability to control his emotions, and his constant mistakes. His lack of focus stems from his lack of sleep and his irritability from his lack of sleep causes him to take his frustration out on his roommates which restarts the vicious cycle.

Humanists: Miguel is far from reaching Self-Actualization. He suffers from a lack of Physiological needs, due to his lack of sleep Miguel may not maintain the internal state of his body. Miguel does not reach his safety needs because he continues to put himself in distress by beating himself up for minute mistakes and denying himself rest at night. Miguel is too caught up in his pain to seek any pleasure. Miguel does not feel like he is loved or that he belongs due to his constant issues with the people he lives with and his constant inwardly abusive behavior, he receives no positive attention. Miguel’s esteem needs are far from being met because he feels like he may not do anything right and due to his lack of focus is struggling to find success in his school work. Miguel receives no approval from anyone most importantly himself.

Cognitive: Miguel’s brain his working over drive because he is so critical of himself and his actions, this comes off as rude to his roommates who find it hard to get along with someone so particular about minute details. While Miguel’s brain is working harder than the average relaxed well rested individual, His brain is also deprived from sufficient blood supply and restoration overnight due to his insomnia leading to his lack of focus in the classroom and what feels like constant mistakes. Miguel has his brain convinced that sleeping is not easy so once it is time to fall asleep Miguel is overly focused on the actual act of relaxation in return inducing anxiety and keeping him up all night.