SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ascribed Status, Cultural Imperialism, Achieved Status
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Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. Injustice and inequality are often linked: however, inequality is not always unjust. Features of oppression: pervasive, restrictive, hierarchical, complex and multiple. Internalized: oppressions share similarities, but are also distinct from one another. Types of oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence. Institutional: policies, practices, and norms: cultural/social: values, beliefs, and customs. These can be reinforced either consciously or unconsciously at all levels! The special rights, advantages, or immunities granted or available only to some group(s) of people. Privilege and status: ascribed status, achieved status. Pri(cid:448)ilege does not : refer to absolute privilege, negate individual accomplishment, make you a bad person. Acknowledging privilege: necessary for talking about difference. If you do(cid:374)"t ack(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge it, you ca(cid:374)"t address it: there are valuable ways to use privilege. Race as a social construction: biological difference, human variation, race as a system of classification, the process of racialization.
