SWRK 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ableism, Homophobia, Socalled

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWRK 2040
• Professor: Kelly Ann Spezowka

Document Summary

Four predominant political ideologies throughout much of our history: (neo)conservatism (neo)liberalism: social democracy, marxism. In recent decades, all have come under fire for their failure to consider the existence of social, rather than simply economic, oppression: racism, sexism, homophobia, ablism. Considerations of results of your self-interview and family member interview. Main paradigms (socialism, conservatism, etc. ) were developed when europe was mainly white and male dominated; they do not reflect racism and the tensions of race-relations. Although people from different continents may have different colour skin, eye shape, height, and hair type, these physical characteristics determine only a small part of who we are as humans. The concept of race is socially constructed as there is no biological evidence for racial differences. Research on genetics has shown that there is more genetic variation within different groups than between them. Concept of race is embedded in social and historical contexts. Meaning of race has varied throughout history.