Sociologically wired brain

I have always been observant, even from a young age.
I try to be careful to not make assumptions about how the actions and personalities of individuals tie into a greater social construct, but I have a sociologically wired brain.
I see many things as interconnected to larger social issues. I can think somewhat psychologically, but in my eyes individual traits and assets and behavior are connected to larger influences (birth order, parents' marital status, etc.)
Just this morning I was sitting in my Sociological Research Methods class, and was surprised by something that went on. At the table there were three Latina women, two white men and one white woman. I appear to be the only African American in the class. We were supposed to be discussing our proposed topic for our research proposal. Instead the two men began talking one-on-one, the white woman was quiet for a while, and the two Latina women I was sitting between (who I assume knew each other) began speaking in Spanish. Eventually the third Latina woman chimed in and the three of them began talking, and the white woman had also joined the conversation between the two men.
I may as well have been invisible.
I wasn't particularly offended by the fact that no one paid me any attention or asked me about my research topic; I took it as an opportunity to make observations. The white students, I noticed, were speaking about schedules and where they were from, where the Latina students were speaking about men and machismo, and other things related to their boyfriends and the assumptions they carried as Hispanic men.
I had to try not to assume the reasons behind the differences in conversation, and also not to become irritated with the constant talking through me that was occurring.

I tell the story mostly to highlight my increasingly changing vision. Since I entered the Sociology major, I view things with even more clarity and connect them to what I already understand about particular structures. I'm excited by my opportunity to explore the field more - especially since I can directly relate it to Student Affairs and learn future practices that I can later apply. I have sociological eyesight and I hate to cut this short, but I've got to go observe people in the coffee shop.