social structure. While most theories of gender—including radical feminism‚ intersectionality approaches‚ postmodernism‚ and queer theory—address both agency and social structure‚ implicit in their theoretical assumptions are the sources of social praxis. Because of their differing analyses on the source of social praxis‚ they analyze structure and agency differently. For example‚ radical feminism and intersectionality approaches to gender emphasize systematic oppressors like capitalism and patriarchy
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face many obstacles to becoming American citizens‚ mainly political and social ones. This is extremely difficult for those of the diasporic communities‚ who wish to maintain strong ties with their homeland. You can see this struggle through the intersectionality of classes and race that will hopefully allow us to overcome race and ethnicity. Though many individuals all over the world want to immigrate to America there‚ still face many
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Week 7 1. According to Duff and Garland‚ what are the central differences between ‘consequentialist’ and ‘non-consequentialist’ (often referred to as ‘retributivist’) theories of punishment? Consequentialists believe that whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the overall consequence of that act‚ where punishment should serve to promote good‚ contributing to crime prevention or societal welfare. On the other hand‚ a non-consequentialist believes that an act is either intrinsically good
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a developing country in the Southeast Asia. As a post conflict society it is in the pathway of development. Its development process as a post conflict society can be understood more clearly by implementing the concepts of standpoint theory‚ intersectionality‚ hegemonic masculinity‚ and discourse analysis. Standpoint theory refers that the marginalized group can give a max total picture on a particular topic as they experience the domination more acutely than the privileged group. It is hard for an
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In Adichie’s ’Dangers of a Single story’ Ted talk‚ Adichie utilizes her experiences as a Nigerian girl growing up reading stories about little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes. They played in the snow and drank ginger beer. It was in reading these types of stories that she had concluded that people like her could not exist in the world of literature. It wasn’t until she had discovered African books that had characters that she could relate to that she realized that black women and individuals
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(2009) share similar views on the issues of misidentification and overrepresentation in special education‚ but lean toward a more unitary or additive approach in explaining the repercussions of intersectionality. For example‚ Blanchett et al. (2009) contend that being African American alone does not result in an increased risk for acquiring a disability‚ but the additive effect of poverty brings the probability full circle. This team of researchers
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Miliann Kang’s Managed Hand talks about Korean nail salons and how intersectionality plays a role in domestic service. Intersectionality is the intersections between gender‚ class‚ and race. To examine the oppression of the women in the Korean nail salons‚ you must look at their gender‚ race‚ and class. Kang states that “gender‚ as enacted through the body labor in the feminized niche of nail salon‚ can both disrupt ideologies of race and immigration as well reinforce discrimination and exclusion”
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Engagement Strategy Major Obstacles Joseph‚ the client‚ is a 70 year old Jewish-American homosexual male who shows signs of being a victim of domestic violence. Joseph appears malnourished and bruising on his forearms is visible. He voluntarily asked to speak with a social worker/therapist to discuss low income housing options for him and his partner‚ Marcus. There are four major obstacles that a therapist would need to consider during their first meeting. First‚ victims of domestic violence
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characters and audiences to creative imaginative identifications (457)”‚ and acts as a catalyst for social change. Another factor that creates change in the depiction of disabled characters is by introducing intersectionality into a characters storyline. “Disability remains a metaphor‚ however intersectionality complicates characters‚ thus refusing to make disability carry the burden of the primary problem”
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MARXISM AND CLASS‚ GENDER AND RACE: RETHINKING THE TRILOGY Published (2001) in RACE‚ GENDER & CLASS‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ pp. 23-33‚ special issue on Marxism and Race‚ Gender & Class. It is posted here with permission of Jean Belkhir‚ Editor Introduction A taken for granted feature of most social science publications today‚ especially those about inequality‚ is the ritual critique of Marx and Marxism in the process of introducing theoretical alternatives intended to remedy its alleged "failures
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