Midterm Flashcards
Social construction
concept, idea, institution that is created by social agreement for a purpose
Race gender, sexuality, ability, and class are…
- Social constructions
- Socially and historically located
- Organizing principles of society
- Axes of inequality
- Intersecting and interacting frameworks
Disadvantage
- Oppression
- Double bind
- Double standard
what are the Five Faces of oppression
- Exploitation
- Marginalization
- Cultural imperialism
- Powerlessness
- Violence
Exploitation
the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- Using someone for their work
- Ex. sweat shops, working class
Marginalization
treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral
- Creation of poverty
- Ex. disabled peoples, ethnicity, elderly
Powerlessness
being without the power to do something or prevent something from happening
- Do not have a seat at the table where decisions are being made
- Ex. There has never been a woman as president
Cultural Imperialism
the exercise of domination in cultural relationships in which the values, practices, and meanings of a powerful foreign culture are imposed upon one or more native cultures.
- One culture dominates another culture
- Ex. Religion
- Norms vs. Othering (dominate group versus other groups)
Violence
Individuals targeted for their identity, including state violence
- Ex. Hate crimes, gay bashing, death penalty
Collins Three levels/dimensions of inequality
- Institutional
- Individual
- Symbolic
Institutional
arrangement/system that is larger than all parts
- Sui generis – greater than all of its parts
- Arrangements of economy
- Arrangement of political power
Symbolic
non-material culture
- Level of ideas/concepts
- Stereotypes
Individuals
- Impacted by institutional and symbolic stereotypes
- Individuals view institutions through symbolic stereotypes
o “Some people don’t work hard enough”
are collins levels independent or intersectional?
intersectional
What are King’s two ways that a law might be unjust?
- on it’s face
- in it’s application