SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Simon Kuznets, Kuznets Curve, Information Explosion
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The gordian knot of race class & gender. Why inequality matters in 1,000 words or less? dec. 2007 ccpa: the rich can leave the boat, public resources for addressing problems are diminished. Demoralizes people to make effective changes in their lives: canadians become beggars. No public social services so have to go to wealthy and ask for money (dependant on them: inequalities fosters" elitism and resentment, gross inequalities are part of a culture of individualism. Not working for the public good but for the good of the few: inequality is the end of democracy (cunningham 2007) Intersectionality: theoretical and methodological tool that helps us understand the simultaneous and multiple effects of ethnicity, social class and sexualities on gender. Discrimination within discrimination: explains the ways in which indigenous woman have been marginalized and pushed to the peripheries. Systems of oppression: capitalism, imperialism and patriarchy. The need for gender and racial hierarchies to fuel the systems of oppression (razack, 1998)