SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Thorstein Veblen, Conspicuous Consumption, Child Poverty
14 Oct 2016
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Class and status are embedded in our daily routines. Assumptions about others are made on the basis of their relative class and standing. Assumptions of levels of power are connected to class. Power relations often are muddied by interconnections with other patterns of inequality. Eg. gender, race, ethnicity, age, race, disability, sexual orientation, immigrant status, etc. Can"t discuss one relation without taking others in consideration. Many layers of society with different inequalities. Belief that oppressions are interlinked and cannot be solved by only taking one inequality into consideration. Privilege is advantages given to members of certain groups. White workers and black workers who got the same wage were given different privileges. We tend to perceive any discussion of privilege as an attack and try to avoid thinking about it. As long as you think something isn"t your problem, you don"t think you"re privileged. Denying and defending victimhood to protect privilege.
