SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ableism, Class Discrimination, Heterosexism
26 Nov 2017
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Eugenics end 1972: context of movements and rights of individuals in 70s, alberta has proposed bill of rights , sterilization laws were at odds w/ human rights, david king introduced letter of appeal. Intersectionality & crenshaw: degraffenreid vs general motors, hired african american males, hired white women, would not high african american women, court weighed race and discrimination separately. Gm hired african american males and women. Tensions brought up in the video jordan & michelle presentation. Issues around race being silenced: omitting queer identities, only looking at things from one perspective, seeing people having one identity instead of many that overlap. 5 faces of oppression: young, 1990, classism, racism, heterosexism, sexism, ageism, ableism, conceptualizes oppression as a distinct structure. Doesn"t recognize the similarities and overlap in the oppression of different groups: 5 faces of oppression conceptualize how groups are oppressed and doesn"t reduce to a single structure (i. e. race, exploitation.
