My major is Media and Communications and Sociology. More so, Sociology has been the academic lens through which I form my perspective of the world. Because of the sociological imagination, I am able to stop and think more about my life (and those around me) in relation to the intersection of the larger forces of social life. Thus, I see the world as interconnected parts. All in all, Sociology as open my perspective to seeing the world around me beyond the surface level and to question things to understand why things are the way they are. With this perspective, I want to highlight issues of race and its effects. Using documentary will be useful in representing race issues by bringing them to the public’s eyes. Since documentary aims to represent the truth, it would be a medium that aids in my objective to uncover the underlying truths of society in regards to race. If I were to tell a story of a specific place in the Lehigh Valley it would be in the Allentown community. I would tell a story about Allentown because there is still much that I don’t know about the community that I live in while attending Muhlenberg. Furthermore, when I came into Muhlenberg, there were these negative notions about the community that hindered others and me away. I want to tell a story that combats the negative notions; thus, highlighting the community of Allentown as no different from other places.
