majority race; (5) Voices of colour, occurs when the dominant group’s recollection of historic events excludes racial and other minority perspectives to justify and legitimise its power; and (6) Anti-essentialism/intersectionality, occurs when critical race theory recognises the intersectionality of various oppressions and suggests a primary focus on race can obscure other forms of exclusion (Abrams & Moio,
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Sterilization of Women and Justice During the 1960s and 1970s, Chicana women in Los Angeles went to the LAC+USC Medical Center to give birth. While there, these women were coerced into signing certain forms. They would be asked to sign these consent forms at inappropriate times, such as during labor, or would be threatened with their death or the death of their child if they did not allow consent for certain procedures. These consent forms allowed doctors to perform a tubal ligation on these women
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It was incredible watching the faces around me as the panellists spoke, it included faces of wonder and learning, as well as, faces of pride. This event links to many topics in the course, some include oppression, resistance, and intersectionality. This event links to the concept of oppression because they discussed the historical aspect of oppression towards the Black community, both through systems such as the government including education, in addiction too oppression caused by racism
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Destiny J. Green SOC 501 Critical Reaction: Critical Race Theory “Waiting to Exhale…” While delving into the assigned literature for this week, I noticed that it controlled me—my soul sometimes evoked a sense of pride, waves of applause, but most of all, anger. I immediately became aware of the forced sense of solidarity that I am assigned, the voice that always whispers to me when one of “us” appears intelligent: “Yes, these authors made us look like we had some sense! Look how analytical they
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Matt Klaus Professor Firestone Com 4030 4 March 2012 Feminist Criminology, Aileen Wuornos, and the Future of Third Wave Feminism Crime committed by women is on the rise, especially in the area of violent crimes such as murder (Balfour’ 739). This has produced a new form of feminist studies in an area called feminist criminology. What hasn’t been studied as extensively is the question of why women kill. I argue that by using the individuality concept of third wave feminism and doing more research
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fight against the gender stereotypes that they suffered in the Chicano Movement as well as the discrimination the received in society. This could be seen in the art they created such as the radical interpretations of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Intersectionality was also important in their paintings since they both received discrimination for their race and their gender both in the movement and outside the movement. The
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University of Tennessee: Department of Sociology Sociology 110: Social Problems/Social Justice Tuesday, Thursday: 8:10AM-9:25AM College of Nursing, Room 105 Instructor: Holly Ningard Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 9:25AM-10:25AM, or by appointment. Office: 243 Greve Hall Email: hningard@vols.utk.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION Welcome to Social Problems/Social Justice! Sociology, broadly speaking, is the scientific study of the development, structure, and processes
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some course content because many of her experiences can be viewed in sociological ways. Engaging in both texts, four main sociological concepts are discussed in relation to my understanding of the course: Meritocracy, social stratification, intersectionality, and systematic discrimination. These key concepts are significant because they heavily contribute to the Sociology course and defined the hardships Maria Campbell faced as a Half-breed women. Meritocracy can be seen as being a social system
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Alyssa Boyer SOC 144S 5/1/2012 When pondering about way that I would describe myself, I would usually come up with physical attributes and personality traits to portray who I am. While thinking deeper into my true identity, I see more broad aspects as well as social constructions that have made me who I am today. Due to social construction and the culture that I have been brought up in, I would describe myself physically and share the things that I do in my life. I was raised in a place where
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begin to build rapport under a culturally, challenging situation and acknowledge the apparent biases of the Social Worker, as well. There seems to be a lot of significant historical facts that will be reviewed briefly and also include intersectionality. First, the Caucasian female, social worker’s own personal biases acknowledged and attempts to overcome
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