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
- On its FACE
you look at the law and think “that’s not right”
a. Is one group disadvantaged to another
- In its application
law looking right on its face, but when you look into it, it’s unjust
ex. death penalty
What are Collin’s three steps toward a new vision?
- Recognition of differences in power and privilege
- Recognition of common causes
- Recognition of each other’s (full) humanity/Building empathy
What are kings four steps toward non-violent justice making?
- Collection of facts
- Negotiation
- Self-purification
a. Wearing suits, looking professionally, be respectable - Direct action
What is Justice?
a goal and a process
what is a dandy?
- “has historically referred to a man who is meticulously dressed and self-consciously uses clothing to claim a social status denied to him because he was born poor or working class”
How does blackness impact be a dandy?
- two aims: to resist the dehumanization of Black people and to redeem Blackness through an autonomous set of social standards
What about being a Black Muslim dandy?
- Dressing like a “grown man” means returning to the styles of the men who preceded them, which includes inspiring figures like fathers and uncles and the “suited and booted” men of the Nation of Islam as well as stylish Black men who are on the other side of the moral spectrum such as pimps and hustlers
Fads v. Fashion
- Fads
o Sudden rise
o Sudden fall
o Unconnected to previous fads
Ex. poison in candy, silly bands - Fashion
o Often slower movement
o Connected to previous fashion
o Driven by distinction (fads not restrictive)
Ex. sweatpants during COVID
