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Can we talk about race and inequalities without talking about racism?
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How Race/ism and Patriarchy Interact To Shape Inequality
INTRODUCTION Inequality can be best understood in the context of how humans conceptualize ‘equality’. In the United States, a nation that projects an image of democracy and fairness, inequality is framed as a consequence of the typical stratification of ability, effort, and worth. This can also be found in the ways that inequality is framed…
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Summary of Classical Sociological Theory
QUESTION(S): The basic premise of all classical sociological theory is that the contemporary world is the outcome of a transition from “traditional” to “modern” societies. Explain how Karl Marx, Max Weber, & Emile Durkheim describe this transition. How do they define the consequences of such a transition on western societies? What do they think about…
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An Overview of Dialectics & Historical Materialism
MESSAGE TO READER FROM THE AUTHOR: Below is a summary of Karl Marx’s theorizations of dialectics and historical materialism that I put together. What I review is the main contributions of Karl Marx’s work that contributes to how many critical scholars theorize the place of capitalism and hegemony in what we see as the history…
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Intersectional Food Politics & The Failure of SNAP Challenges
Introduction Recently Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted a picture of $29 worth of food to equate to what a family on SNAP benefits has for a week with on food stamps. She isn’t the first celebrity to do this, we’ve even seen politicians do this to make a point to fight against cutting SNAP benefits. While they…
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“The Blacker The Berry” Is A Black Pathology Anthem
Kendrick Lamar recently dropped the track “The Blacker The Berry”, what has been called a “Black Anthem” that deals with the hypocritical racial self hatred in the Black community. As a hip hop head I was hype to first listen to the song, hoping that it would say something critical, contextually accurate, reveal the true…
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Zombie Apocalypse Now
Introduction The more modern understanding of Zombies as instinct driven monsters who have been infected by a virus that reanimates the dead & are driven by the basic need to feed on the flesh of the living. This understanding can very much be applied to many processes that are occurring in society right now. I…