SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Resource Mobilization, Talcott Parsons, Social Inequality
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All types of social inequality display similar patterns. Called social differentiation (found in all societies) Identifies different kinds of people assumed to be unchangeably different. Essential difference in economic life (gender, age, social class) Constructed by the advantaged to blame certain groups who are victimized (lazy or lack work ethic) to justify inequality. Practices of oppression arise, those people punished (exploitation, exclusion: unjustifiable inequalities at others" expense. Disadvantaged fight back with narratives of validation (show them to be victims and not authors of their own victimization) They also practice strategies of resistance (collective actions that fight against oppression) Most noticeable form of resistance to inequality. Toronto g20 protest in 2010 (goal to protest global poverty and capitalist exploitation: consisted of peaceful demonstrations and rallies, however, some vandalized businesses in downtown toronto, police criticized. Students in good position to protest injustice: able to study, learn from one another, less to lose compared to daily wage-earners, more flexible schedules.
