At the Intersection of Mutant and Chicana: Using X-Men and Gloria Anzaldúa to Understand Cultural Imperialism Throughout history‚ humanity has witnessed the consequences of numerous imperialist conquests‚ with culture being only one of the many facets of civilization affected by them. As humankind perceives the mutants as a threat in the 2014 film‚ X-Men: Days of the Future Past‚ the development of highly specialized weapons to destroy the mutants becomes a reality‚ a reality that led the mutant
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Topic: Mia Mingus in her article “Changing the Framework: Disability Justice‚ How our communities can move beyond access to wholeness” advocates how the issue with society in regards to the treatment of the disabled community is not just about access‚ but also about understandment. She calls for her audience to question the stigma of disability and move to an integrated society. A society united with interdependence within various communities to be part of a collective disability justice movement
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social structure. While most theories of gender—including radical feminism‚ intersectionality approaches‚ postmodernism‚ and queer theory—address both agency and social structure‚ implicit in their theoretical assumptions are the sources of social praxis. Because of their differing analyses on the source of social praxis‚ they analyze structure and agency differently. For example‚ radical feminism and intersectionality approaches to gender emphasize systematic oppressors like capitalism and patriarchy
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1. What role did Dolores Huerta play in the fight for racial and labor justice? How much did you know of her before viewing this film? What role does gender inequality and the struggle for historical memory play in the legacy of Huerta? Dolores fought for what she believed in‚ she became the first civil right leader to fight for racial and labor justice for farmworkers. She played a major role in the life of farmworker and the Latino Hispanic community‚ because of her Mexican Americans wouldn’t
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Week 7 1. According to Duff and Garland‚ what are the central differences between ‘consequentialist’ and ‘non-consequentialist’ (often referred to as ‘retributivist’) theories of punishment? Consequentialists believe that whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the overall consequence of that act‚ where punishment should serve to promote good‚ contributing to crime prevention or societal welfare. On the other hand‚ a non-consequentialist believes that an act is either intrinsically good
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face many obstacles to becoming American citizens‚ mainly political and social ones. This is extremely difficult for those of the diasporic communities‚ who wish to maintain strong ties with their homeland. You can see this struggle through the intersectionality of classes and race that will hopefully allow us to overcome race and ethnicity. Though many individuals all over the world want to immigrate to America there‚ still face many
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a developing country in the Southeast Asia. As a post conflict society it is in the pathway of development. Its development process as a post conflict society can be understood more clearly by implementing the concepts of standpoint theory‚ intersectionality‚ hegemonic masculinity‚ and discourse analysis. Standpoint theory refers that the marginalized group can give a max total picture on a particular topic as they experience the domination more acutely than the privileged group. It is hard for an
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feminism failed to address the needs and experiences of Black women‚ they failed to view intersectionality in their agenda. Black women were being marginalized‚ many understood the term “black” with black men and “women” with only white women‚ excluding black women. Their experiences were worthless during these periods‚ no one addressed their oppression. The third wave of feminism focuses on intersectionality‚ the idea that someone can face multiple oppressions due to their overlapping identities
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My perspective on structural explanations for racism and inequities is that they provide a critical framework for understanding the systemic and institutional factors that perpetuate unequal outcomes in society. Structural explanations highlight how historical injustices‚ institutional policies‚ economic systems‚ and cultural norms create and sustain disparities based on race‚ ethnicity‚ socioeconomic status‚ gender‚ and other factors. Here are some reasons why I find structural explanations compelling
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scope‚ Malcolm X’S quote is not only limited to the United States‚ but ripples universally. In Kimberle Crenshaw’s Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex‚ she argues how Black women are constantly disadvantaged because of the lack of intersectionality through two perspectives—the first being the erasure of their struggles through the practice of a single-axis framework‚ and the second being the practice of marginalization within feminist theory and anti-racist activism. Using Crenshaw’s arguments
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