Prompt for CR#6: Social Capital and Asset-Based Community Development

Critical Reflection #4: Dominant and Subordinate Dynamics and Intersectionality

In the “Complexity of Identity: ‘Who Am I?’”, Beverley Tatum, states the following:

Dominant groups, by definition, set the parameters within which the dominant group…

Critical Reflection 4

How have your family dynamics, historical factors, and social and political contexts have influenced your individual characteristics? You…

Oppression is Part of Our Daily Reality

In the reading, “Five Faces of Oppression,” Iris Marion Young explains how it is challenging to define oppression as diverse groups are…

Critical Reflection 4: Liberation and Un-Othering

In today’s society, we are regularly asked about our identity, whether it’s through a survey, the census, our classmates, etc.. Although I would like to think that my values, beliefs, and culture define my identity, in reality, it is how others…

Intersectionality with Inequity

Critical Reflection 4

CR#4: Intersectionality with Inequity

Beverly Daniel Tatum’s article “The Complexity of Identity: Who Am I?” discusses the ways in which dominant identities are typically reflected on…

CR #4: Why can’t we all get along?

According to Tatum, dominant groups have an advantage because they hold the power and authority in society compared to the subordinates…

CR #7: Structural Violence

Structural violence describes the way in which structures such as economic, political, or cultural systems harm the greater community by preventing people from meeting their basic needs or fulfilling their fullest potential. There isn’t one person to blame for the barrier, but…

Critical Reflection 5: The Importance of Lo Contidiano

Ayanna Berg

Emily Wu

CASC

Critical Reflection 5

5 November 2019

Critical Reflection 7: How the Unfixable is Fixable

Structural violence, in Paul Farmer’s words, is a form of suffering that is trapped inside a historical or economic structure “that conspire — whether through routine, ritual, or, as is more commonly the case, the hard surfaces of life — to…