SOC 134 Lecture 2: Unmaking Myths II
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Prior to racialized view of the world, group division based on religion (fitzgerald 2014: How europeans were able to subordinate africans, native americans, and mexican. Religion: perceiving non-christians as heathens thus inferior. Economics: motivated to exploit land and labor. Smallpox-infested blankets deliberately gifted to indigenous people as part of u. s. colonial strategy. 500 years before columbus: vikings (linden 2005) Writing and researching as forms of empowerment. Black feminist thought as critical social theory. White workers fuel antagonisms between racial groups in the labor force. Colonized minorities enter a country involuntarily (fitzgerald 2014: Discrimination (or deliberate destruction of traditional cultures) limits groups" social mobility. Social mobility: a groups" opportunities for economic advancement; chances of moving into a higher social class. Capitalism created need for land and labor. Ideology followed from need ( y ) ideologies = ( x1 ) need for land + ( x2 ) need for cheap labor ( y ) perceived needs = ( x1 ) ideologies.
