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| Social forces that press upon people to hold them in and block them from pursuit of a good life |
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| the idea that a person in a subordinate group believes the negative stereotypes created by the dominant group about him/herself |
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| any advantage that is unearned exclusive and socially conferred |
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Privilege is always in relation to others
privilege is always at someone else's expense
always exacts a cost
everything is done to receive or maintain one person's privilege
results in suffering and deprivation for someone else |
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| the ideas of privilege and oppression are based on |
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| lopsided distribution of power that keeps going |
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unearned entitlements
conferred dominance |
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the process of denying another
individual
group
subpopulation
access to valued resources because they belong to a particular category |
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| generalizing inappropriately |
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race & genetics
[correlation] |
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| not a thing; does not correlate |
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| beliefs that one group is inferior to another because of skin/ethnicity combined with discrimination and subordination |
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| the attempt/actions by one group to keep another group in a lower class, rank, or position |
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| Paradox that privilege doesn't make you happy |
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people may be privileged without knowing it
belonging to a certain groups doesn't guarantee a high quality of life
distress can be caused by quilt and feeling bad for other groups
can experience pain associated with group pressure |
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| the idea of not even being aware of privilege |
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| social construction of the meaning of difference |
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| differences between individuals exist, but they don't mean anything until a society decide they matter |
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| a class gets violent to their own class for them being different |
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| a few oppressed group members are given some access to power making it appear "anyone" can 'make it' |
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| pressure of the minority group to act like the defined norm |
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ideas of race class and gender are disagreed on,
they are not simple to define |
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| classification of humans based on outward appearances |
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| generalization about an entire group |
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| unconscious or conscious dislike about real or suspected differences |
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suggest there is only so much to go around and blames poor for using up too much of their share
(demanding higher wages, etc) |
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what you're worth (personal finance, economic position
-top 1% of american households own as much wealth as the bottom 90% of american households |
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| populations in some wealthy communities live on average about 15 years longer than populations in poor areas of the US |
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systemic thing
combination of prejudice, power, and privilege |
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| being perceived as part of that group and receiving those benefits |
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the power of having money
this is done by limiting access and promoting the myth of scarcity
ex limiting grocery stores |
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the power held by entitlements
-ex government, churches, corporation
use to control the behaviors of people in the society
done with resources and punishments |
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correlation between health and wealth
(health gradient) |
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*The wealthier you are, the healthier you are
*Strongest predictor of health |
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| impact of stress on health |
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| *the more stress you have in your life, the worse health you have |
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| cause of death for those in poverty |
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heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases
NOT violence or drugs |
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| individual solutions (pharr's article) |
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| there are not the solution. doesnt allow us to get to the real issue |
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| lack of prior claim [common elements of oppression article] |
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| did not claim originally, you do not have claim. |
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7 steps in the process of domination
[Hillard] |
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1 suppression of the history or memory of the groups
2suppression of the culture
3 destroy ethnic identity
4 deprogram or reformat the hard drive
5 control of the socialication process
6 control the wealth
7 segregation |
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| 3 ways the dominant group maintains position |
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insitutional power
economic power
violence or threat of violence |
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| how does the dominant group or the 'defined norm" maintain its position according to pharr |
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Institutional power or the power of the government, the churches, the corporations
Also economic power and military and police |
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| 3 domains oppression is transmitted through according to weber |
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1 ideology
*christain is ideal religion
2 political
*taxes and policies structured around white middle class
*public housing
3 economic
*thousands of acres of land were taken from Japaneses immigrants and given to white farmers |
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| resistance to oppression discussed by weber (levels, examples of, dynamic process) |
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different experiences of oppressed and privileged
- taugh to believe oppression is a problem of the past (not given the whole truth or dont beleive it when told
- exceptions are used to suggest all is equal (tokenism)
- systems of oppression are always changing (leads to acknowledging past opression but denying current)
- people resist subordination which allows them to develop positive skills making it appear as though oppressive systems could actually be beneficial |
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a major component of every oppression;
victims of oppression are either isolated as individuals or as minority groups
women, before women activism, who had been sexually assulted may be victim blamed or felt highly alone or isoleted |
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