KINE 1000 Lecture 8: notes

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: Hernan Humana

Document Summary

Toward a new vision: race, class, and gender as categories of analysis. Summary- the author writes about oppression in society and how it is full of contradictions. She states that there are no pure victims or oppressors, but rather everyone experiences a different amount of penalty and privilege based on their race and social status. She believes that if women and people of colour could find that they have common grounds in regards to class, it will eliminate racism and sexism. She asks 2 questions: how can we reconceptualise race, class and gender as categories of analysis? analysis of oppression are based on either/or dichotomous thinking (ex. Black/white, man/woman) and these dichotomous differences are usually ranked. Institutional dimension of oppression- systemic relationships of domination and subordination structured through social institutions such as schools, businesses, hospitals, the workplace and government agencies. Symbolic dimension of oppression- ideologies or stereotypes of race, class and gender groups.