On the other hand, the African American side of my family typically focuses on what makes a person happy and whether or not the person is treating you like
An Intersectional Future Despite our beliefs about ourselves, we all hold biased thoughts or opinions that are unconsciously shown through our everyday behaviors and actions. I label people. I judge people by their covers. I tend to make friends within my own ethnicity. I cross the street to avoid crossing paths with different people based off of their appearance. Yet, I can’t help but believe that I’m a respectful, fair, and kind person. These unconsciously held biases are one of the precursors…
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those of the same gender far more difficult than their heterosexual counterparts. This difficulty is even more significant in the face of a conservative environment or family, such as in the case of Fatimah Daas's intersectional autofiction, “The Last One,” where the main character must contend with the contradictions between her family, religion, and sexuality.…
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important to work together to promote healthy coping skills with this community that are culturally sensitive. Examples of these coping skills include: promoting more family interaction and spirituality. I believe that when working with this population, it is important to consider other strong values, such as strict gender roles, family, and religion in to the treatment plan. As a female, I need to consider showing respect and authority for Latino men’s autonomy in goal making as machismo has shown…
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Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice Associations of whiteness with privilege are more immune to changes in the demographic makeup of the United States than are associations between whiteness and invisibility; if anything, the link between whiteness and privilege is more likely to be strengthened than weakened with an increase in the nonwhite population. Although the privileges associated with whiteness are often obvious to nonwhites (Roediger 1998), many whites themselves fail to see the connection…
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A shared history. * Culture * Language * Set of ideas and values. * Religion * Symbols * There is some element of choice. * Historically the word ethnicity has referred to people who have shared blood or family or are related through marriage. Race: Refers to superficial physical differences, such as skin color, that cannot be changed. * Concept that is socially constructed * Something that does not occur naturally. * Over time a process…
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theory, sexism remained as an obstacle for her and would remain as an obstacle for the entirety of her life. Chisholm experienced a unique form of sexism in comparison to most other female politicians. Brown offers a deeper explanation of this in her analysis of Chisholm’s life: “She experienced a unique type of intra-racial sexism from black male constituents and political opponents. Racism and sexism often interact in complex ways and conspire to restrain black women’s socio-political agency” (1018)…
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transgender people experience may place them at increased risk for certain mental health problems. Discrimination, lack of social support, and inadequate access to care can exacerbate mental health problems in transgender people, while support from peers, family, and helping professionals may act as protective factors. Transgender people in most cities and countries can be denied housing or employment, lose custody of their children, or have difficulty achieving legal recognition of their marriages, solely…
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Articles violence against women, sexual & reproductive rights, abortion, forced sterilization, reproductive technologies, etc. for women and girls with disabilities Prepared by Women Enabled International www.WomenEnabled.org The below list of law review articles and social science articles compiles selected publications on the above-referenced topics. The list focuses mainly on articles in English, but seeks to identify articles globally. Key Words: _Lack of Availability of Appropriate Sexual…
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societies. The first theory is the Ecological/Chicago School perspectives on city growth otherwise known as the Chicago School of criminology. This theory in particular represents one of the earliest examples of complementary theorizing with scientific analysis. The development of this theory was the quintessence of using theoretical development and scientific testing to help improve the conditions in Chicago’s society when they were the most desperate for it. Another example of a social structure was…
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Ashanti Mason-Chambers Jane Shattuc VM_____ 15 December 1014 Just Dark Enough Living in a twenty first century world that is heavily influenced by media, one can rarely escape from the various messages being broadcast. Whether it is television and film or social media and the Internet, media platforms can be seen portraying images nearly everywhere. In the midst of the countless forms of media, society is constantly discussing the true impact media has on the general public verses the public’s…
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