Power Words Flashcards
Prison-industrial complies
The shared web of interests of government, private business, and individuals that makes prison, surveillance + militarization an economic, social and politically driven industry.
Patriarchy
System where men hold power
Feminism
Pushing for women’s rights (equality etc. )
Sexism
Systems of oppression based on sex and gender
racism
System of oppression based on skin color and/or culture
Classism
System of oppression based on social class (rich and poor)
Immigration
Leaving a home country to settle in another one
Self-determination
The ability to make decisions for your own life
Re-imagination
Imagining how something existing could be different
Sovereignity
Supreme power or authority
Liberation
The act of becoming free (meaning you were once unfree)
Opppression (internalized and external)
Internalizes: holding yourself down (I’m not good enough)
External: someone holding you down or back
Colonialism
Take over another’s land, by force, by religion, by culture for the purpose of stealing their resources
Neocolonialism
Controlling someone’s land at a distance, indirect rule
Homophobia
Fear of people and actions that aren’t straight
Militarism
Using military thinking and means to deal with any situation
Assimilation
Changing ones culture, actions or appearance to fit mainstream
White supremacy
When being white is seen as normal and / or best
Xenophobia
Fear of difference
Abuse
A violent, misuse of someone or something (verbal, physical, sexual…)
Agency
Ones ability to act in a situation or society
Subversive
Overthrowing, challenging, critiquing authority
