problems, and help combat social ills that are considered normal patterns of behavior. Yet, the mass media has largely failed in addressing and helping to solve social problems. As seen through its presentation of the three major variables of race, class, and gender, the mass media has actually served to contribute to the social problems it covers, reinforcing them, and creating an inter-related cycle in which these problems continue. TV has become perhaps the primary vehicle that society receives
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conflicts have occurred involving race, class, and gender. People from all ages have fought and argued over the issue of equality. A person’s class, gender, or race can affect whether they are powerful or powerless. Harper Lee, the author To Kill a Mockingbird, discusses the idea of power primarily through the character Mayella Ewell. Mayella, a white woman, accuses a black man of raping her. While Mayella is white, she is not powerful because she is a low class female who must live with an abusive
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Mayella has, she uses it to her advantage to convict an innocent man because of her wrongdoings. Because of Mayella’s class, and gender, Mayella lacks power, but her race makes her powerful. Again, Mayella Ewell lacks power because of her social class. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a negro cabin” (Doc A) shows and tells us that the Ewells class falls very low, limiting Mayella’s power socially. Mayella’s limited social power is also shown in the quote “Mayella
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do better than the other Diversity comes in ways such as race, gender, sexual orientation, background, experience, cultural context BODY RACE Race is the term that is used to define the groups of people who have differences; we have different types of race which are blacks or whites. Race diversity is very important to talk about because we normally put it in the backseat, talking about it in class will help learners to have a positive race identity and learn to communicate well with others without
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separated on the bases of social class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Let us examine these different kinds stratification. Social stratification is the ranking of people and the rewards they receive based on objective criteria including wealth, power, and/or prestige. All societies have social stratifications, but the how people are divided varies. In the U.S people are divided not only by political, corporate, and government elites, but also by income and wealth. Race and ethnic stratification occur
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Social stratification- is systematic inequalities among groups of people 1. Wealth and income (social class) 2. Racial inequality 3. Gender inequality. Equality/inequality -Ontological equality -Equality of opportunity -Equality of condition -Equality of outcome Why inequality exists? Inequality in wealth and access to resources is generated by three processes: 1.) Unequal division of labor and/or low mobility across occupations. 2.) Surplus or abundance of resources 3.)
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unit, class, race, and sexual orientation have been overlooked in both the tradition and early feminist conceptions of the self. The two authors that have emphasized these topics are Monique Wittig and the Combahee River Collective. Monique Wittig writes about how gender should be destroyed in order to reach ‘freedom’. The Combahee River Collective help readers see the standpoint of black feminists and how it shapes us, as a society. Wittig introduces the fact of ‘destroying genders.’ Wittig
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Disch, and Chapter 1 and 2 Comparison “The personal is political” is a notion that can relate many readings on women’ studies including our readings in class. The readings from Estelle Disch, and Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Women’s Voices Feminist Visions all discuss issues such as inequalities across different systems such as gender, race, education, sports, and more, how feminist ideas relate to inequality, intersecting identities, and the idea of privilege. There are inequalities across systems
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Anytime someone groups individuals or races together, and makes an assumption about them without knowing them, is a form of stereotyping. In Padma Venkatraman’s Climbing the Stairs, the author shows moments where class, race, and gender stereotyping are present. Stereotypes are very dangerous things because they remove the true identity of people, and there are many complications that come with that. Classism is treatment based on social class or perceived social class. In the book, Padma shows how one
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Latin American descent are more likely to have lower incomes than White and Asian Americans. This includes those who currently attend or have graduated elite colleges. These results bring up an important question, why are the majority of different races grouped together in terms of income when each individual has the ability to work for themselves regardless of anything? The American Psychological Association states, “Discrimination and marginalization can serve as a hindrance to upward mobility for
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