Social Justice Midterm

Weaving an Identity Tapestry - Sonja Curry Johnson

everyone has multiple identities that overlap and sometimes they can conflict because of different expectations that society places on us

The Complexity of Identity - Tatum

identity develops through personal experience, cultural, and historical context

The Social Construction of Difference - Johnson

society assigns meaning to differences, creating privilege and oppression

Combahee River Collective - Black Feminists Statement

black women’s experiences can not be understood by separately examining social issues like racism, sexism, classism, etc

Sexism, Heterosexism, and Trans Oppression - Catalano, Blumenfield, and Hackman

sexism, heterosexism, and trans oppression are related but distinct systems that reinforce social norms

Night to His Day - Judith Lorber

gender is continuously related and reinforced through social actions and interactions

The Egg and the Sperm - Martin

scientific descriptions of reproduction can reflect cultural gender stereotypes, rather than neutral observations

Feminism - bell hooks

feminism is a movement to end sexism oppression, not just make females and males equal

Men Explain Things to Me - Solnit

gendered assumptions about credibility can silence women, even when they’re more knowledgeable

Harnessing our Anger - Nelson

anger at anti-gay violence should be motivation for social action, anti-gay anger can legitimize hostile attitudes

Privilege - Carbado

Privilege is maintained by everyday action not just obvious prejudice

Trans Woman Manifesto - Julia Serano

trans women face overlapping forms of oppression, feminism must challenge trans phobia and devaluing feminism

Racism: Introduction - Funk, Varghese, Zúñiga

racism is a system of racial advantage and disadvantage that operates across institutions, culture, interpersonal interactions, and individuals

race is a sociopolitical construction

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - McIntosh

white privilege constants of everyday, often unrecognized privileges, that white people expect

The Social Construction of Race - Haney Lopez

race is created through social, historical, and legal processes but the consequence are real

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness - Lipsitz

public policies and institutions have historically helped white americans accumulate wealth and advantages

La Conciencia de la Mestiza - Anzaldúa

living across cultural identities can produce a new flexible consciousness that challenges rigid either/ or categories

Letter to my Son - Ta-Nehasi Coates

racism is embodied and systemic, shaping physical safety, opportunity, and the lives of black americans across generations

Maid to Order - Enrenreich

housework is valuable labor but wealthier women may gain freedom from it by shifting it to the poorer women, often women of color

Home Economics - National Domestic Workers Alliance

domestic workers perform essential labor but often lack fair pay, benefits, safe conditions, and adequate legal protection

Bonds of Sisterhood - Bonds of Oppression by: Mary Romero

personal relations with workers and employers can hide abuse or inappropriate power relations

Race, Wealth, and Inequality - Oliver and Shapiro

the racial wealth gap is rooted in historical and institutional barriers, not just differences in individual effort.

Class Dismissed - Smith and Redington

classist micro aggressions can be bad for impoverished people’s mental health

Class in America - Mantsios

American beliefs about equal opportunity and upward mobility obscure deep class inequalities

Classism - Adam’s, Hopkins, and Shlasko

classism operates institutional, cultural, and individual, practices that assign unequal value to people based on class

dominant identity vs targeted identity

dominant is the main identity with the biggest social power group targeted is a group that experiences marginalization

interlocking systems of oppression

systems of power interact

intersectionality

how different social identities interact and compound unique experiences of oppression/ discrimination

sexism

power disadvantage based on gender

politics of the 3 Ds

disassociation, disidentification, and differentiation; ways people distance themselves from stigmatized groups

mestiza consciousness

way of understanding and integrating multiple multiple (sometimes conflicting) cultural perspectives

redlining

discriminatory practices that restricted abscess to housing/ credit in communities

structural racism

racism on an institutional level

micro assault

an explicit often deliberate attack of discriminatory act

micro insult

small insult that demeans someone’s backround

micro invalidation

a message that dismisses someone’s lived experience

economic capital

income and wealth

cultural capital

knowledge, skills, language, and ways of presenting oneself that an institution values

meritocracy myth

the belief that hard work alone will determine reliable success