The social construction of reality
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The Trayvon Martin murder trial illustrated the social construction of reality. The victim of the crime was defined, the aggressor’s motivations were assumed, and the context of the interaction was used to create a legal interpretation of what occurred. Only race was left out of the process.
What do you think? Using the idea of the social construction of reality and interactionist sociology, what do you see in this case?
