NS111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Canadian Indian Residential School System, Victim Blaming, Disconnection

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Native Studies
• Course: NS111
• Professor: D' Arcy Vermette

Document Summary

Second, study those affected by the problem and discover in what ways they are different from the rest of us as a consequence of that deprivation. Third, define the differences as the cause of the problem itself. Finally, assign a government bureaucrat to invent a humanitarian action program to correct the differences. The idea is that you look outward for the answers. The overall purpose is maintaining the status quo. Exceptionalism- reflected in arrangements that are private, voluntary, remedial, special, local and exclusive easier to give out food stamps than it is to find a way to fix poverty. Don"t make this the only kind of discourse- or you will always be blaming the victim. Universalistic- reflected in arrangements that are public, legislated, promotive or preventive, general, national and inclusive this will alter the status quo. If you were to change the overarching problem it would be a universalistic approach. It can be a way to pacify the problem.