Welcome back to my 2nd blog post!
This blog will be focused around the discussion of power, privilege, and difference. And also the acronym, S.C.W.A.A.M.P. Let get started!
Allan Johnson shows us how to examine oppression and inequality critically without breaking down in regret or hopelessness in Privilege, Power, and Difference. He removes the blinders that prevent us from understanding how our privileges hurt other people in a gentle but strong manner. He highlights how various forms of oppression, such as racism, sexism, and classism, link together and encourages people to critically examine their own privilege and take action to bring down these systems. It also highlights that understanding privilege isn't about feeling guilty but instead about actively working towards social change by realizing how unearned advantages affect other people.
If you don't already known what this acronym stands for here it is: straightness, christianity, whiteness, American-ness, able-bodieness, maleness, and property ownership. Ideologies and the systematic development of some people's subjective opinions are the main issue. These concepts both are very similar in their main meaning. They both represent categories in which they believe people fit into. People get categorized.
Great Job! It's so organized and well written.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you wrote it as an actual blog rather than just a response. Good job!
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