Observation Research
I observed the reaction of people when a song with “N” term while they were dancing in three clubs in Miami, Florida. Different responses were observed from the three clubs, along with varying levels of intoxication (Chopyk, Stuart, Zimmerman, Wen, Gumber, Suthar, & Grakoui, 2019). The intoxicated individuals purely use the subject observed from the investigation. It is true that the term “N” is directly associated with the racial history of the black people, and white people tend to observe this ideology so that they do not evoke the feeling of their friends at all cost (Chopyk e al., 2019. Even though the “N” stays regarded as a racial slur, the reaction remained facilitated with the different levels of intoxication among the participants used in the observation (Crossland, Kneller, & Wilcock, 2016). The response of people when a song with an “N” term played was observed with references to different stages of intoxication (Crossland, Kneller, & Wilcock, 2016). It was found that during the first and second stages of intoxication, people stop dancing to songs that have “N” terms (Crossland, Kneller, & Wilcock, 2016). In phase three, people sang and danced along with songs with an “N” because they were excited, which resulted in emotional instability and impaired memory. In the fourth stage, the disorientation was observed, revealing the concept of confusion. Some of the participants danced and singed, while others did not know what to do. The participants were disoriented, which was characterized by emotional upheaval. Technically, there was loose of coordination which is markedly impaired, to the extent that the participants were not able to stand up, they staggered, and some felt dizzy (Kruger, Blavos, Castor, Wotring, Wagner-Greene, Glassman, & Kruger, 2019). In the fifth stage, there was no response since they were at considerable risk of alcohol positioning. The participants were not able to stand or walk, given that they were not capable of controlling certain body functions like maintaining continence. The second last stage of intoxication was not observed as they were risky, and none of them wanted to experience it since they might die in the process (Kruger et al., 2019).
This observation plays a critical role in helping us to understand that reaction of individuals on the “N” terms is facilitated with different levels of alcohol intoxication. It was observed that when people are sober, they are sensitive to some words that might evoke their friends’ feelings, but they lose sensitivity as they get high (Kruger et al., 2019). Therefore, even though the theory people know what they are doing and saying when intoxicated with alcohol, there is a reason to understand that people tend to lose sensitivity to words with different levels of intoxication as observed. During the first stage, they are sensitive to the “N” term song, but they tend to lose sensitivity as they continue to get tipsy (Kruger et al., 2019). Therefore, the logical explanation that can be drawn from this line of thinking is that different levels of intoxication have different effects and reactions to individuals (Crossland, Kneller, & Wilcock, 2016). For instance, people tend to be excited and confident when they are in the second stage of intoxication, while they tend to be more emotional when they are in stage four of intoxication.
List of References
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Kruger, J. S., Blavos, A., Castor, T. S., Wotring, A. J., Wagner-Greene, V. R., Glassman, T., & Kruger, D. J. (2019). Manipulation checking the munchies: validating self-reported dietary behaviors during cannabis intoxication. Human Ethology, 34, 10-16.