HDF 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tokenism, Blockbusting, Internalized Oppression

• School: CMU
• Department: Human Development & Family
• Course: HDF 110
• Professor: cherlye

Document Summary

While all course materials are material that could be included in assessments but this study guide should help you focus your study on particularly useful information to know. Race: the power of an illusion: differences between us. Examples from movie of how race has been used to provide access to resources to some groups and deny it to others. Be familiar with key research findings and court cases discussed. Understand the terms privilege and oppression as defined and used in this course. Reasons the privileged group doesn"t always feel privileged. Johnson"s perspective on where the fear of difference comes from (innate or learned?) History of oppression groups identified in class discussion and videos as having experienced oppression in the past. Define/discuss terms as used by pharr defined norm , other , lack of prior claim , myth of scarcity , tokenism . Understand what internalized oppression refers to and its impact on oppressed group members.