ethnic inequalities

Question 1

Explanation 1

Answer 1

Black women face a multiple forms of disadvantages

Question 2

Black women face a multiple forms of disadvantages

Answer 2

Abbott

Question 3

Black women face a multiple forms of disadvantages (abbott)

Answer 3

• Black feminists believe that feminism is ethnocentric and concentrates on women’s experiences derived from white perspectives and priorities
• women’s roles within the domestic sphere, they point out that this is challenging which has meant that women’s perspectives are seen as more important now than it was in the past.
• they claim that the position of black and minority ethnic women remains unchallenged
• Women have come into the discipline and challenged the blinkered view of malestream sociology but they have tended to be white

Question 4

Explanation 2

Answer 4

Class, race and gender combine to create multiple sources of inequality

Question 5

Class, race and gender combine to create multiple sources of inequality

Answer 5

brewer

Question 6

Class, race and gender combine to create multiple sources of inequality (brewer)

Answer 6

• Class, race and gender combine to create multiple sources of deprivation and inequality
• Women from black and ethnic minority backgrounds suffer from inequalities because they are black, because they are women and because they are working class
• Patriarchy, capitalism and racism combine to create inequality for black and minority ethnic women
• Each of these inequalities reinforces an multiplies the other inequalities
• studies the interplay of these 3 inequalities in shaping the lives and restricting the life chances of black women
• This is known as a ‘triple systems theory’

Question 7

Explanation 3

Answer 7

Black women are portrayed and perceived as passive victims

Question 8

Black women are portrayed and perceived as passive victims

Answer 8

Mirza

Question 9

Black women are portrayed and perceived as passive victims (Mirza)

Answer 9

• Black feminists can challenge the distorted assumptions of dominant groups by drawing on their own experiences
• Black women have actively challenged the dominant image of black women as passive victims of racism, patriarchy and social class inequality
• Black feminists have struggled in the fight against domestic violence and tried to overcome sexism and racism in school.

Question 10

explanation 4

Answer 10

Colonialism has caused gender inequality

Question 11

Colonialism has caused gender inequality

Answer 11

Connell

Question 12

Colonialism has caused gender inequality (Connell)

Answer 12

• Postcolonial feminism: gender inequality is seen through the eyes of white people, gender and ethnic inequality is caused by colonialism
• This is because gender inequalities established in colonial times are often embedded in current attitudes towards race, ethnicity and gender
• Stresses the importance of developing feminist perspectives that challenge the dominance of western feminism because connel believes most women live in the majority world of southern continents