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1. Explain why, according to Marx, the bourgeoisie currently defines property and freedom.
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morals are constructed by the ruling class
hegel - the oppressed is on the bottom - define freedom as free trade only - define property as a human right. theft gets more jail time than murder |
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2. Explain how, ideologically, the bourgeoisie endows the individual with an unprecedented important, but at the same time that same individuality was annihilated by economic conditions to which it was subjected” (Lukacs).
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u used to have class mobility
in feudalism u were stuck but with manufacturing, time mattered more than skill thus ur replaceable lose individuality worker also feels alienated from work bc replaceable |
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4. Explain why Latin American philosophy cannot be identified as nativist, originalist or culturalist.
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nativist: native to latin america (born there) -
what about children of immigrants? born elsewhere by currently live in LA borders move. originalist: ideas formed NEWLY in latin america. (but what is new?) culturalist: but what is LA culture? these are essentialist |
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6. Is the model minority a myth? What work does the model minority theory accomplish?
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yes
- gives illusion of class mobility, but asians immigrated already middle class as doctors and engineers - makes it seem like asians don't need affirmative action, but cambodians, mong, vietnamese - makes minorities seem lazy |
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7. In what ways are the are the hiring practices of silicon valley reveal a self-fulfilling prophesy?
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Gender logic:
women are the second income makers bc their husbands are making most of the money Racial logic: black ppl leave bc don't get hired bc managers say that black ppl leave deserving workers Immigrant logic: if u have an accent they tell u they have jobs u can take advantage of them bc money is worth more in native country poverty management skills |
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8. Explain the transition of the treatment of the Muslim population from the status of the strange to the unreasonable. Explain why Seth argues that these transitions are so dangerous.
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-strangeness of culture = uncompliant (unruly) with liberalism (why don't they assimilate?)
-uncompliance justifies colonialism (white men are saving brown women from brown men - liberal version of manifest destiny) -colonialism characterizes them as irrational - u can't reason with the unreasonable irrationality violates the PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY (rationality is what makes u deserving) |
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9. What does Sheth mean when she writes the west synechdochically focuses on the wearing of the hijab and “juxtaposes [it] against the ideal version of (our) familiar one” (101)? Why does this the representations produced lead to harm?
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take worst practices of the other's culture, make it the entirety of that culture, and compare it against best practices of anglo american culture
- alcohol/domestic violence/rape - rules of conduct - veiling can be voluntary, sometimes in defiance of husbands and families (freeing from gazes of women, solidarity, convert) racializes them as outcasts, unruly and irrational - means they're unreasonable so u can intervene "white men are saving brown women from brown men" |
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10. Although many people argue that the increase in the numbers of inter-racial couples is an indicator that racism is decreasing, hooks argues to the contrary. Explain two of hook’s arguments as to what inter-racial dating may indicate.
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desire is socially constructed:
1) death drive - conquering ur fear of the other/unknown/scary and penetrating it. sex with a native american woman is another step in manifest destiny - their vagina is the american frontier it's exciting to overcome death - like backpacking in africa 2) sleeping with others is consuming their culture - capitalism tells u that u want things u didn't know u wanted it's like going out for indian food hiding pain and suffering imposed by structures of domination otherness is a type of appeasement entertainment industry is a distraction from social problems we have a hard time talking about pain - we can't experience pleasure bc we can't express pain can't talk about domestic violence, rape, poverty, etc. people focus more on consuming/accomplishing and less on enjoying - don't walk in graduating and instead go backpacking in africa |
