SOC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gender-Neutral Language, Patricia Hill Collins, Timothy Allen

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Concept of difference based on aspects of identity (e. g culture) Broader than a concept of culture based on race, ethnicity, language, or country of birth. The celebratory approach - fails to address unequal power relations and histories of social exclusion, discrimination, and privilege, and oppression. Is rooted in the social construction of differences. Serves to keep the standards of the dominant group intact. Certain charterisitics become valued and create privilege. Other characteristics are devalued and result in marginalization, thereby creating oppression. Benefits or advantage that are often unearned and can occur unconsciously because of social power. A right of benefit that only certain people have access to as result of their membership in a dominant social group. The process of pushing groups with less social power to the margins of society. The ability to do what you want even if in the face of opposition.

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