Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Terms to consider when creating your Douglass chart(s)

Power:  The capacity either to effect changes or to prevent them from occurring

How is power used?
3 ways:  Economically, Politically, and Culturally

Economic use of power:  Who receives important resources and how those resources will be used
ex. Family; parents in power, control budget, what gets bought

Political use of power:  Who sets the conditions under which people are expected to live
ex. Family; curfews, limits who you can see and when you can go out

Cultural use of power:  Defining reality
ex. Media and schools shape our world views


Inequality:  Unequal distribution of values resources.  Societies formalize and institutionalize inequality

Intersectionality:  A type of analysis/framework used to examine social patterns and society and the social world (Have social hierarchies)
ex. White women on bottom of gender hierarchy but on top of the racial hierarchy

Perspective:  Interlocking system of inequality

Disciplinary domain of power:  Expressed through organizational protocol that hides the effects of racism and sexism under the canopy of efficiency, rationality and equal treatment

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