I would like to bring attention to the dystopian qualities of the health care system in the United States of America. I believe that the American standard for healthcare was created to be systemically oppressive on poor people of color and translated these prejudiced principles into clinical care in obstetrics, Continue reading
A police officer named Murphy lives in a futuristic version of Detroit with his family and is fighting crime on streets. The corporate mogul of a security technology agency called RoboCorp is responsible for Murphy being killed in front of his home. Murphy`s body dies, but his brain is salvaged Continue reading
I would like to speak from my point of view because the Coronavirus is a lot like Thanksgiving, it apparently means something different to everyone. I have no problem telling my audience in advance, to wash their hands. However, it seems that the citizens from the southern and northern-midwest regions Continue reading
Some ideas that I have for what we should start doing is a weekly recap for the work that we have done for the week and more independent work when speaking about our experiences with our readings. I would like to see a more organized method of how we relate Continue reading
The Red Scare, led by United States Senator John McCarthy in the 1940s and 50s, was a dystopian situation. There was an elevated paranoia of Communists that were living among innocent Americans while plotting to cease power over Democracy and rule the world. This lead to the blacklisting of several Continue reading
The article titled, “Ur-Facism” by Umberto Eco features a tidal wave of information about what Fascism is according to Westerners, what Fascism is according to Italians what it could look like in the future. Eco begins the article with some background about the Italian version of fascism and compares it Continue reading
I sense that I am becoming more comfortable observing behaviors in literature and movies that relate to dystopian societies. I have a greater understanding of what emotions a person may be going through when faced with a society that does not encourage individuality, independence or equality among its citizens. Reading Continue reading
This post is going to be about the definition of dystopia that we created in class, “An imaginary or real place whose people may lead a restrictive and oppressive existence under some form of authority”. I feel that this is a well-constructed definition, however, it does not fully encompass all Continue reading
Iris Young`s ‘Five Faces of Oppression’ describes what oppression can look like from the perspectives of oppressed groups. The faces of oppression according to Young are exploitation, marginalization, cultural imperialism, powerlessness, and violence. Exploitation and cultural imperialism are very similar, but with different goals. In order for one group to Continue reading
