Patricia Hill Collins

question not only the content of the knowledge that is considered truth, but also the validation process of arriving at that truth. I need to ask how I know? What does it mean to say something is true and what is the genesis of that truth? For the purpose of this essay, I will discuss the epistemologies of Plato’s and Patricia Hill Collins to include the validation process, the dimensions by which knowledge is gained, and the implications for education. In addition I will argue that experience is a form of knowledge. Plato’s epistemological beliefs are grounded in the idea that knowledge (truth) is given by the gods and that man only needs to access it through reminiscence. He does not believe that experience produces knowledge. In Plato Republic (1988), Plato utilizes the…

Patricia Hill-Collins defined controlling images in her essay titled “Mammies, Matriarchs, and other controlling images. She wrote that “portraying African-American women as stereotypical mammies, matriarchs, welfare recipients, and hot mommas has been essential to the political economy of domination fostering Black women’s oppression [Collins]”. It is not a problem if a character possess some of these trait in movies but it does become a problem if it is a constant theme throughout mass media.…

following the introduction of crack cocaine to inner-city communities. These racial policies of oppression imposed on African American women are documented in Dorothy E. Roberts’s “Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and The Right of Privacy” and will be compared to similar punishment faced by women in Patricia Hill Collins’s article: "Get Your Freak On: Sex, Babies and Images of Black Feminity." In contrast Roberts’s article concentrates on the racist treatment of…

For a very long time Black women have argued that there is indeed a Black feminist standpoint based on theoretical understanding of black women 's everyday lives and experiences (Reynolds 591). This theory is about the shared general knowledge that comes from shared lived experiences, specifically experiences of oppression. Black feminist standpoint is made up of a lot of different ideas. It is very interesting as it focuses on both the differences and similarities of African American women from…

Systems of Privilege and Inequality With an over arching theme of oppression, chapter two seeks to explore the different intersections of privilege, or lack thereof, as well at the effects in current society. “Towards a New Vision” by Patricia Hill Collin, “White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy McIntosh, and “There is No Hierarchy of Oppression”, by Audre Lord all sought to end the belief that oppression only happens to one group of people and that oppression should be ranked.…

The people-based way of thinking of the matrix of rule states issues of bad mistreatment relating to race and class which recognized different social classifications which are all interconnected. This includes sexual (inborn pattern of romantic and sexual interest and identity), (male/female status) and can be applied to religion or age too. (Spang, A., Caceres, E. F., & Ettema, T. J.) Patricia Hill Collins is thought of as a very deep/extreme individual who introduced the explanation of why…

When it comes to diversity, I like to define it as being different from others, having or being composed of different elements. What makes you different from others is a good way I like to think of diversity. Going on into intersectionality, I feel that in the book, Patricia Hill Collins goes into depth about intersectionality and how everyone has multiple group memberships that can crisscross or create different realities for people. How our lives can be intersected with other individuals,…

According to Patricia Hill Collins in Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, black feminists try to establish a voice for black women’s experiences in the world (p. 221). Black Feminism theorists such as Collins want to create knowledge and power within the black women to stand up to the patterned social domination, and allow subordinate groups to express and establish their own reality (p. 221). According to Ritzer and Stepnisky (2013), feminism…

create a town belt, which had a positive effect on sustaining the green space around the city. The Settlers also took advantage of the hills beside the wetlands and reclaimed a lot of area in order to develop more flat land for the city. This had a negative impact on the environment because the landscape was dramatically…

you ready”? I respond with “Of course” We hop in the now warm car and begin our drive into the hills. We get to our destination and slowly hop out of the car trying not to make a sound, grab our rifles and begin to walk. Walking…