AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Morton Fried, Sexual Orientation, Structural Violence
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One in which members of the same sex or equivalent age status do not have equal access to the basic resources that sustain life morton fried 1967:186. Created ethnic minorities within nation-states: eg. muslims in the south of spain, east indians in the caribbean, sri lanka. Evaluation based on shared values: unequal, judgment. Ascribed = position (standing) based not on individual talents or qualifications but on family or birth. An idea common to all forms of stratification. The deliberate representation of particular identities ie. race, ethnicity, gender. As if they were a result of biology or nature rather than history or culture, making them appear eternal and unchanging. Policies of states and institutions that lead to poverty, hunger and social inequalities: affects some group more than others, ebola virus killed more then 5000, high level of pollutants in artic. Centrality of economic interests underlying political control and organization: the slave trade benefited by racial categories.
