The Matrix Of Domination Analysis

Have you ever been made to feel less than because of your skin color, sex, sexual orientation, or even your religion? This is a question that could be asked of anyone. I think that is what Patricia Hill-Collins meant by “The Matrix of Domination.” If you take a good hard look at the world around us, people seem eager to dislike everyone for one reason or another and they have a myriad of reasons to do so. What is interesting is the reasons often coincide with the hatred, and it still doesn’t make sense when one thinks about it.
Even before we are born we are tossed into a couple of different labels. Those labels will be ethnicity, and gender. After we come screaming into the world the labels start to add up.
• Boy or Girl
• Black, White, …show more content…
There are seventeen children in my family. Granted my father was married twice; we still grew up together for the most part. I was often asked questions and told certain “facts” about my family as to why it was so large. We were Catholic, and Catholics were known to have large families. They seem to forget that we were also in Utah, and Utah is predominantly LDS. In my view the LDS folks could give Catholics a run for their money as far as having a large family was concerned. We were Mexican, and you know those Hispanics, they breed like rabbits! Most of the large LDS families I knew where of the Caucasian …show more content…
I am the only one that has decided to go to college. My husband and I are raising our girls to do the same. If you were to ask my youngest what her priorities are, she will spit out the list. College, job, family. I am aware that this sounds cynical; however, I will also point out that I do stress out their happiness and wellbeing as well. I believe that to change the world is not impossible. It is difficult; however, in order to change the world we have to first be willing to change ourselves. We have to stop putting people in boxes, which they don’t fit