SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White Privilege, Intersectionality, Fallacy
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Definition: social recognition o can claim membership in some groups that are far exclusive than other groups. Ranking difference: something we tend to do. there are consequence in difference. Privilege: an unequal unearned beneficial power dynamic. Assumptions you can make based on the colour of your skin. Oppression: something pressed is something caught between forces or barriers which are related together which restrain, Privilege that white people have b/c perceived race. Frye"s method follows in matrix method of framework of intersectionality. Double-bind: refers that all avenues are blocked you can"t get out. Dealing with sexual discrimination (being a mother) Working a job you cant advance because of your gender. Demands of self respect in responsibility to others. Birdcage metaphor: you can"t see the whole picture, you only see one bar at a time (one problem of your oppression, one aspect of your identity as it"s intersecting or coming against an institution.
