SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture 2: LECTURE 2 - JAN 10TH
7 Jan 2019
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2r03 - the gordian knot of race class and gender. Why inequality matters in 1,000 words or less? : 1. The rich can leave the boat - elite schools, gated communities, sanatation services - they can turn a blind eye to problems with the public: 2. Public resources for addressing problems are diminished - demoralizing the national public: 3. Canadians become beggars - reductions of publicly available social services: 4. Inequalities fosters elitism and resentment - feel that they"re better than those at the bottom: 5. Gross inequalities are part of a culture of individualism - not working for the public group but for the few: 6. Intersectionality: theoretical and methodological tool that helps us understand the simultaneous and multiple e ects of ethnicity, social class and sexualities on gender - race, class, age etc. Kimberly crenshaw (1995) - intersections of various social identities profoundly a ect the lives of those who embody these categories .
