Exam 4

Question 1

woke

Answer 1

alert to racial prejudice and discrimination, originated in 1930s

Question 2

social problem

Answer 2

failure of an organized social group to realize its group ideals, through the inability to adapt a certain desired line of action to given conditions of life

Question 3

double consciousness

Answer 3

obtained when blacks see themselves through the pitying and contemptuous eyes of the racially prejudiced whites

Question 4

race

Answer 4

family of human beings, generally of common blood and language, always of common history, traditions

voluntarily/involuntarily strive together for accomplishment of certain ideals of life

Question 5

whiteness

Answer 5

a privileged position of social standing that has:

a) afforded while workers compensation for their low economic wages
b) formed the basis of a cross-class, political alliance uniting white workers and capitalists against black workers

Question 6

reflective equilibrium

Answer 6

one’s specific political judgments support one’s more general political convictions, which support your abstract beliefs abt. political world

Question 7

rawls’s view of human nature

Answer 7

humans aren’t self-centered or power hungry, they have the capacity for genuine toleration and mutual respect

Question 8

first principle of justice

Answer 8

each person had the same claim to basic liberties, which is compatible with the same scheme of liberties for all

Question 9

second principle of justice

Answer 9

any existing social/economic inequalities satisfy two conditions:

a) attached to positions open to all people, with equal opportunity

b) to be arranged for the greatest benefit of the least-advantanged members of society

Question 10

political liberties

Answer 10

a subset of basic liberties, concerned with the right to hold public office/right to affect the outcome of national elections, etc.

Question 11

original position

Answer 11

fair situation where each citizen is represented only as free and equal; each rep. wants only what free and equal citizens want and will try to come up w/ a structure that’s fair for everyone

Question 12

veil of ignorance

Answer 12

prevents you from knowing the details abt citizens, so that doesn’t influence the reps.

you don’t know who you’ll be so you’ll be kinder and try to make everyone more equal

Question 13

oppression

Answer 13

structural phenomena that immobilize or reduce a group

Question 14

group

Answer 14

to share with others a way of life that defines a person’s identity and by which other people identify them

Question 15

marginals

Answer 15

the people that the system of labor markets can’t/won’t employ

Question 16

powerlessness

Answer 16

describes the lives of people w. no work autonomy, no creativity in their work, no technical expertise, express themselves awkwardly in public/bureaucratic settings, don’t command respect

Question 17

cultural imperialism

Answer 17

consists in the universalization of one group’s experience and culture and its establishment as the norm

Question 18

violence

Answer 18

random, unprovoked attacks that have no motive but to damage/humiliate/destroy

Question 19

exploitation

Answer 19

domination occurs through a steady process of transfer of the results of the labor of some people to benefit others

Question 20

five faces of oppression

Answer 20

exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence