System theory is a field of science that deals with the study of nature, society, and science. It can also be used to analyze and describe any group of objects that work to come up with a result. It can be done to an organization or society so that the learner can come up with results that can be used to have a trace of the origin and the growth of such society in terms of culture. The system is composed of interacting groups of activities that one has to carry out to benefit society.
This theory has an emphasis on the cultural issues of people living in a certain area and the implications that are related to these cultures from one generation to the next. The organization and its environment relationship are complex and independent in that one have to consider the relationship that exists in an organization like the society and the surrounding environment like the climatic changes and other factors in the environment and the effects they have on people. (Seifert, 1995)
This theory as an area of study developed following the world wars from the works of Ludwig, V, and others in the 1950s which was from the Macy conferences. The assumptions that developed from the western science that is the publishment of the online for the general systems theory that was from the Greek thought with Plato and Aristotle to that of Newton’s Principia have had a high influence on the areas of the social to hard sciences were the original theorists had found implications to make advances on the systems. They dealt with areas of complexity, self-organization, the connection, and the adaptive systems which were related to these organizations.
The systems view was based on the ideas such as the relationship among the elements in the society like if the study was based on people then they had a study on how the people have an impact on the functioning of the society; the systems whether electrical, biological, or the social have common patterns, behavior, and the properties that the concerned have to understand in the field where one is taking the study and they used to develop a research on the behaviors of the elements to have a closer unity of science.
This is because science and the environment are closely related as science can not exist in a vacuum and that the philosophy, methodology, and applications of this system are concerned with society. In 1956 there was the establishment of the society for general systems research that was later renamed the international society for systems science and this research was greatly affected by the wars that had impacts on the systems theory.
The theorists had researched all the elements in the fields of sciences and therefore they related the information that they received with the principles of organisms so that they could get a clear background that was related to their research. The social structure is the relationship between different groups in the society that have an emphasis on the roles, functions, and meanings of these structures. (Mark, 2006)
The social structures can be divided into microstructure which is the patterns of relations in the most basic elements of social life and has no structural division of their own like the people have roles that are supposed to be performed by each group that is the male and female have their work to do and the macrostructure is whereby the pattern of relations of the objects have their structure in that they can further be subdivided into minor groups and all have their functions to perform like the political positions that have several posts. The social system theory has its emphasis on the society that is on basis of the people and how they relate to the society in making it better and also the effects that are caused by these people in the society. (Mendez, 2004)
Society needs to be shaped and also shape the people to be able to live in it and thus there are cultures that people have to follow so that they can have a part in that particular group this is because people with different cultures have to conflict as they have different views and thus their actions will be different. Such people feel that their culture is the best compared to that of the other people and therefore conflict has to result. That is why people with different beliefs can not live together because they have nothing in common.
The incarceration rates in America were high and mainly done to the African American men were by the men had to face all the risks of been imprisoned been innocent and also received poor education. The African American men faced all dangers related to the human race this is because in terms of education they received the poorest type of education that could not help them in any field that is in competing for the best jobs in that country. Therefore these men could only work in the low-ranked jobs that had no insurance cover from the government. (Martinez, 2005)
In the government, they had no representative meaning that they had no rights to cover them to live free like the whites this is because there was a gap that existed between the whites and these blacks. They had no selection on the best schools as the whites had their schools that had qualified teachers but for the blacks, the teachers were not qualified. There has been slavery were the black was forced to work for the whites and such people have to do the work in regardless of whether you are able or not.
Due to a lack of a culture of their own then these people were forced to take the culture of the whites and live their own therefore such people had to learn these cultures to limit the available discrimination but the men had to face the challenges because they were not allowed to have their own culture. The blacks were not allowed to vote and therefore they had no right of having someone to represent them in government and because of this then many blacks mainly young men were accused of theft and other crimes and therefore they had to face the law that was set by the whites.
These whites felt that the blacks were many and therefore due to the jobs that they performed of low levels and income been low then they were not able to feed that population and thus they had to search for better means of survival. The law enforcement agencies employed the whites who were ready to victimize the blacks because they were seen to be misplaced as no law that could enable a black to live peacefully. The blacks had no right to interact with the whites in any field and thus they were discriminated against as they could do things that could be of benefit to themselves meaning that because the education was not of quality then the outcome of their activities was of low value. Even the most educated blacks were ranked in the same field as the uneducated because they were not allowed to enter the best fields.
The property and the violent crimes were mainly on the blacks because they could not defend themselves and thus they were detained been innocent and the government did not have any feeling for these blacks so all the mistreatments that were done to them were allowed in the country. Due to poverty and despair then most of the blacks became the street gangs as they had no other way of survival but to get from the whites and therefore the crime rate was high in the African American communities.
The offenses were mainly carried out by the men as they were the providers for their families. The local law enforcement and the justice agencies had little diversity and the cultural differences between the blacks and the whites officers had large misunderstanding and misreading of the behaviors that led to conflict and physical violence. The blacks had no officers like the police and thus they had to face the mistreatment that resulted from these officers as their cultures were different. The rates of homicide and other violence among the Africans were greater but they were ranked with the disadvantaged whites and therefore they faced the same punishment. (Ford, 2002)
The African Americans are the targets of racial profiling and negative stereotyping and therefore they had to face acts like that of being slaves because they were viewed differently from the whites and thus this race was of no use in that country. Thus the blacks received death sentences just due to petty crimes and also they had longer sentences as compared to the whites that were less affected as they were in their homeland.
The poor urban communities that are mainly African Americans experienced health and social problems in the country this is because they had no rights that they could use to have a claim. There were problems such as drug trafficking, crime, violence, lack of opportunities and this led to problems like getting infectious diseases, the collapse of their community, and the capacity, and thus the blacks had no other way of survival. The blacks had to find a way of surviving and have their cultures been kept as they felt it hard to follow the culture that was of the whites and thus they had to find their way through.
Therefore the issues of discrimination and lack of proper living for the blacks led to the problems in the country such as theft and the payment for these people because they were Africans had to be detained and also everything was done to them like the education and also the health care of the blacks was different from that of the whites in that the whites had their hospitals that were cheaper than that of the blacks and this discriminated them because they were not able to pay for their treatment and therefore many died of infections.
The population of men that was taken to prison was higher than that of women this is because the men were the providers and the only people who could work. The impact to the community after the imprisonment of these people is that there was high poverty where their families were affected due to lack of basic needs like lack of food and clothing and also shelter therefore the cases of street children in that country raised as the children decided to find a way of survival. (Hughes, 1995)
Their women were at high risk of been engaged in bad practices so that they could get money to support their families like prostitution were by they went out to the officers because they were seen to be desperate and in return, they were in danger of getting infectious diseases like HIV. Therefore these women had no other way of survival as they had nobody to provide for them and they were raped by the officers as there was no law that could cover them or men to defend and therefore the officers took the advantage of misusing these women.
The community was affected because the families had to fly to find refuge and the structure of that society had to change as there were no people to carry out their roles so that they can have a better living. These men were taken to prison as they were seen to be the most dangerous people in that country. This is because they demanded the desire to change meaning that the whites had to follow the human roles to all regardless of whether one is a black or a white. Therefore they had to be detained so that their families could collapse and also do away with that community.
The whites saw that these men in their increase would demand their rights this is because if the population is high then they could force the government to allow them to vote and do other things just like the whites and this could lead to the blacks having the freedom to do any job in the country and have their rights respected and therefore the whites had to eliminate this by taking the young men to prison and some be detained and others face the death sentence depending on the offense that one has done. After these men were detained then a fear grew that their children would learn the new culture and therefore lead to changes been enforced in the society this could lead to the collapse of that community as that generation will no longer follow the cultures that are from their home country. ( Benjamin, 2006)
This could give way to the whites to force whatever they desired to the African Americans as they have already left their beliefs and the structure of that community had to change as the people have adopted something different from what existed. These men had no option rather accept the law that was set to them this is because going contrary to it then they had to face the law as the government had no place for the African Americans.
Those men who survived had no time for their families and therefore the families had to suffer all the consequences this is because the person might have been affected due to been taken in prison either mentally or physically and therefore find it hard to carry out the activities that he performed before. The African Americans had to accept the new cultures if they required peace and have chance to carry out their activities this is because the whites made sure that these blacks had no chance to practice their freedom and therefore most of the social structures of these blacks had to change according to the desired standard of the whites.
The theory of social system could be applied in the real world where the people need to accept changes so that they can be fit in the changing world this is because the world is always getting changes and therefore people have to change according to the changes that are happening. This will enable them to make their cultures according to the changes so that the future generations would have something to depend on. This theory enables the people to know the cultures that will shape them positively and stay in that society. (Aretha, 2005)
The African American men faced all the dangers of been taken to prison where some were killed and those who survived were not able to make developments in the community. The whites-only wanted to make sure they weaken the blacks so that they could mistreat them without them complaining. Their communities were affected because is the young men who were affected and they are the only ones who were able to work and provide for the community. Thus the blacks remained been the minority group in that country.
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