SOC310H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Substance Abuse, Crime School, Neoliberalism
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Intersectionality of youth justice and the operation of the youth justice system. Has roots in indigenous and black women"s experience. Intersectionality promotes an understanding of human beings as shaped by the interaction of different social locations (e. g. race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, class, sexuality, geography, age, disability/ability, migration status, religion). These interactions occur within a context of connected systems and structures or power (e. g. laws, policies, state governments ) through such processes, interdependent forms of privilege and oppression shaped by colonialism, imperialism, racism, homophobia, ableism and patriarchy are created (havinsky) Power and privilege can be experienced simultaneously. Human lives cannot be explained by taking into account single categories, such as gender, race and socio-economic status. Lived realities are shaped by different factors and social dynamics operating together. Example: the ycja has significantly reduced the incarceration rate of youth across the country but. Racialized boys and girls have not experienced the same rate of decline.
