WMST 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Socioeconomic Status, Meritocracy, Confirmation Bias

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WMST 2010
• Professor: Josey

Document Summary

Meanings and values: stereotypes: skills (or lack thereof, physicality, violence/criminality, intelligence, confirmation bias * The privilege of ignorance: i was taught to recognize racism only in individual acts of meanness [ ], not as invisible systems conferring racial dominance on my group from birth (104) Stereotypes: invisibility, through, normality, mobility, physical access, pda-sexual norms. However if they wanted to succeed they would do any and everything they possible can in order to get there: meritocracy: system of success/equal opportunity. The trouble with color blindness: invalidates people"s identities, invalidates racist experiences, promotes a single narrative, equates color with negativity, hinders recognition of disparities, disingenuous. Redefining choice: if she is from a wealthy family and has a college degree from a prestigious university, her options are likely to be much greater than for a working class woman . Beyond gender: the concept of intersectionality recognizes that people can be privileged in some ways and definitely not privileged in others.