Follow this link to the reading
Since our topic for this week Intersecting Race, Gender and Class I wanted to find something that connects with what we are talking about. It was a little difficult a first but was able to find what fit into our discussion. This article pertains, what I felt, was a similarity to our topic.
The Patricia Hill Collins reading states the following, “While race, class and gender as categories of analysis are essential in helping us understand the structure bases of domination and subordination, new ways of thinking that are not accompanied by new ways of acting offer incomplete prospects for change,” (Collins, 2). With oppression, “It is a fundamental claim of feminism that women are oppressed. The word "oppression" is a strong word. It repels and attracts. It is dangerous and dangerously fashionable and endangered. It is much misused, and sometimes not innocently.
In this blog I would like you to find some similarities and differences between the readings and the article. What stood out to you? Did the article make any sense? Was there a connection? Write 1-2 paragraphs of an intersection between the three readings, if there is one.
I think that the reading and the article take a different stance on the way that they look at oppression. In Collins' reading she describes the intersections of race, gender, and class. This article tends to look at the way that societies act toward race, gender, and class. The article is describing how the United States' metaphors like the 'melting pot' and the 'salad bowl' cover the oppression that lies within. In Collins' reading she talks about a new way to look at oppression. I think that they are similar in the way that they both made me rethink societies views of oppression and the oppressed.
ReplyDeleteGreat Analysis!!!!!
DeleteLike Carley, I find that all three of these readings approach the issues associated with the oppressive nature of gender, race, and class in a different manner. In the reading that Casey posted, the author seems to be uncovering the academic significance of the three aforementioned issues which is described as the "canon" of this "multi-tiered phenomenon" (McKenna 1). Collins, however, insists that we take a more personal look at gender, race, and class. She notes, "...we typically fail to see how our thoughts and actions uphold someone else's subordination" (Collins 1). Through this personal examination, she later urges us to use that perspective to break down the walls of institutional, symbolic, and individual oppression by striving for better societal relations.
ReplyDeleteContinuing on, Frye addresses the issues of race, gender, and class by analyzing how it affects women specifically. She writes, "A great many people, female and male of every race and class, simply do not believe that woman is a category of oppressed people" (Frye 3). The author drives this point home by using her birdcage analogy later on in the piece. By approaching the matters presented by race, gender, and class in unique ways (academically, personally, and group specific) all three authors are proving that this issue is important enough to be analyzed from more than one perspective. In addition, the research and personal stories that back each argument make for credible pieces.
I like how you went into detail!!!!
DeleteHey y'all,
ReplyDeleteOkay, after fooling around with the Jstor article, I couldn't get it to open into anything larger than just that front page of it. Were you able to find a longer version or did you write your analysis just on the one front page? Sorry-- I'm confused!