Group selection and Class interviews

Electronic Gaming League:
1. I myself enjoy video games and have a good understanding of the subculture which it defines.
2. There is a wide range of people who play video games because of its wide range of genres. There the more social gamers who normally only play if it is with someone else. These types normally play sports games and online first person shooters. Another type of gamer is the more reclusive and quiet type. They often play one player games like role-playing games. Those are just a few general stereotypes though.
3. Stepping in would be simple because I already consider myself a gamer. Stepping out however would require me asking very basic and general questions of some of the members.
4. No
5. I would most likely cast the group is a positive light in my research. I may even make some friends that share similar interests.

Anthropomorphic Art Society
1. This group is pretty controversial in today's society and I would like to know more about what kind of people associate themselves with this group.
2. Apart from an episode of CSI, which showed the subculture negatively, I know very little about this group. I know that there are negative stereotypes that follow this group around.
3. Stepping in would be fairly difficult as I don't share the common interest of the group, but I can easily be an outsider.
4. No
5. From what I've read about their Ball State organization, they are trying to break "negative stereotypes." If anything, I'm searching to break stereotypes too, so I may try to help them with that.

Japanese Animation Society
1. I don't know very much about this subculture either and would like to learn more about it.
2. I know the stereotypes of this group which are mostly negative. When I was younger I watched some Japanese Animation as well, so I guess I know a little about what can be expected from its content.
3. I can step in by taking part in some of the activities, and stepping out would be simple as I am already an outsider.
4. No
5. I guess I would try to break negative stereotypes of this group as well.


The support of the civil rights movement is high even though most of its supporters remain uninvolved with group activities. An African American undergraduate at Ball State University states that "without it, the United States wouldn't be as progressed as it is today." That's not to say that there isn't still problems with racism today in America. That same student has experienced racism first hand. While shopping at a grocery store, he reports being followed around to make sure he wasn't stealing. Caucasian undergraduate students report being exposed to racism as well in small country schools and from acquaintances. While everyone I interviewed expressed distaste for these behaviors, none were actively involved in the civil rights movement even though all claimed no objection to getting involved.