No matter how different people are, in these society people are judged based on their ethnicity, race, gender, and color. …show more content…
Oppression is the act of having one powerful group affecting a certain group of people in cruel and unfair ways. In the article, "In Five Faces of Oppression," Iris Marion Young express the idea of women being oppressed by men in privileged activities. He says, "Women's oppression consists not merely in an inequality of status, power, and wealth resulting from men excluding them from advantaged activities. The freedom, power, status and self-realization of men are possible precisely because women work for them” (Five Faces of Oppression, 15). This quote expresses the idea that women are looked down upon because most of them will work for men, and it is rare for a man to work for women. However, women should not be treated this way, instead, they should be treated equally to men. Like men, women can be determined, strong, and ambitious and possess all the qualities men are supposed to have. In an example, Marior Young mentioned a situation. In this situation, Christine Delphy is saying the labor of the women is beneficial to the men. The women do various types of tasks in favor of a person they are dependent on. In a situation, Young mentions, “in most systems of agricultural production in the world, men take to market the goods women have produced, and more often than not men receive the status and often the entire income from this labor” (Five Faces of Oppression, 15). This represents how even …show more content…
In the article “The New Cultural Politics of Difference," Cornel West elaborates this idea in an example of an African heritage. He explains the characteristics they would obtain, mentioning, “A heritage more or less confirmed to linguistic innovation in rhetorical practices, stylizations of the body as forms of occupying an alien social space (i.e, hairstyles, ways of walking, standing, talking, and hand expressions), means of constituting and sustaining camaraderie and community" (The New Cultural Politics, 102). This is an example of how society is structured in order to build a community. With similar ideas, it allows people to come together as one and feel intertwined and connected. Having a sense of cultural connection allows people to value the set of traditions, which creates a sense of meaning and uniqueness. When other people see different cultures, they should understand not everyone lives in the same culture, but with understanding, it will make the person more knowledgeable before judging a