Ableism

Privilege and oppression provides a framework for understanding how institutional structures and ideologies shapes individual experiences. Privilege and oppression also explains “how power operates in society” which led to the formation of “a dominant group and a marginalized group” (Launius and Hassel, Threshold Concepts, 72-73). “Oppression can be defined as prejudice and discrimination directed toward a group and perpetuated by the ideologies and practices of multiple social institutions”…

Intersectionality is characterized as the connections among numerous dimensions of the identities and the modalities of social relations and encounters of prohibition and subordination, including sex, class, race, ethnicity, nationality and sexuality. It begins on the reason that everybody experience different, layered characters. The hypothesis endeavors to uncover the diverse sorts of segregation and impediments that happen as an outcome of the mix of organic, social and social characters.…

All human beings exhibit moments of loneliness in life, but one’s inability to move onward from the sad, empty, feeling causes certain individuals to often experience long-term isolation and seclusion. Measuring the loneliness of a living being is rather difficult at times, because some over exaggerate the way they feel while others keep all their powerful feelings trapped inside a sea of bottled emotions. However, through inference, it is possible to see past the veneer that coats an individual…

Defining Feminism The authors have a differing approach toward the definition of feminism. In “You’re a Hardcore Feminist. I swear.” by Jillian Valenti, Valenti defines feminism by extracting an actual dictionary definition. Valenti’s feminism is the “Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sex”, followed by “the movement organized around this belief”, in other words, the movement toward the social and economic equality of men and women. In “Feminism: A Movement to End…

Social media has become a major news source over the course of the last few years. Due to its accessibility and transparency, Americans have begun a fresh conversation about current race relations and equality. Earlier this year, the issue of diversity in entertainment came to the forefront with the hashtag: #OscarsSoWhite. This pointed out the imbalance of recognition of the works of white actors and actors of color. Contrarily, with the booming popularity of Hamilton in the theater world, the…

Since the beginning of modern history, oppression in the form of sexism, ableism, colonialism, and racism has been apparent in the interactions and treatment of people of all types due to the very fact that people, by nature, are competitive and willing to undermine others to achieve their goals. Likewise, the theme of oppression and authoritarianism is one which authors of all time periods have explored. In George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, this is no different. In their…

In this essay, I will be talking about where I fall on Kolhberg’s moral development, Cass’ model of identity development for LGBT community and Cross’ racial identity development. For Kolhberg’s model, I believe I’m at stage four, which is the compliance with the law and the authority, because I follow both legal and social norms, even though following the social norms sometimes conflict with my internal moral principles. I’m at Identity Synthesis in Cass’ model, because I only view my sexual…

management emerged during the 1920’s in accordance to the industrial revolution and disabled bodies were often excluded from rigorous, alienating employment opportunities because they were assumed to lack performance ability. According to Fritsch, ableism is a network of beliefs, processes, and practices that produce a particular kind of self and body that is perceived as the ideal, perfect human. In the article, the Corporate Eye, Elspeth Brown, examines the inherent struggle between character…

The Evolution of Relational Cultural Counseling and Therapy The profession of counseling was established many years ago but in many ways is still in its infancy and continues to evolve today. The use of relational cultural theory (RCT) was introduced to us by a group of people including Jean Baker Miller, Irene Stiver and Jan Surrey to name a few in the 1970’s. Through the period of time RCT became more popular every day and is strongly used in the counseling field. RCT allows counselors to…

In a 2012, a survey done by The Huffington Post found that fifty-one percent of Americans harbor anti-black beliefs, and fifty-seven percent discriminate against Hispanics. To this day, various misconceptions arise about certain groups of people despite efforts of prevention. These prejudgments date back far into history, but a particular novel set in the early twentieth century can be further examined. John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men provides evidence to support the fact that many forms of…