AED 408 Lecture Notes - Numerical Analysis, Cultural Anthropology, Social Inequality

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An example would be if an individual was an alcoholic and lost job because of it: issues- affect large numbers of people and have their own origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society. So in the united states it is white who can be racist. Structural racism: unequal practices built into organizations or institutional systems that disproportionately benefit or disadvantaged particular racial groups. Heteronormativity: heteronormativity is the view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes. Transphobia: transphobia is the fear and hatred of trans* individuals, connected to institutional power and to heteronormative ideas about gender and sexuality, classic examples. Straight cis man murders lover after finding out she is trans* Includes harmful stereotypes, misconceptions, and generalizations of people with disabilities. Privilege and oppression vary based on social context.