After our recent reading “The Five Faces of Oppression” I found two of her elements that we are currently living in todays society. The first one I believe is currently happening would be violence. Since Covid-19 the crime rate in New Orleans has increased. While in the pandemic most people Continue reading
The five faces of oppression are violence, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism. A few examples of faces of oppression that exist in the United States society today are racism, sexism, and religious persecution. Racism is treating people differently based on their skin color or ethnicity. Sexism is treating people Continue reading
As Iris Young explains, oppression appears under the faces of exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence, all of which are alive and present in the United States today. First, exploitation is rooted in our capitalistic society. One social group with the resources, wealth and status can dictate another group’s Continue reading
I think Young’s Five Faces of Oppression are prevalent in America today. There are countless examples of people being oppressed, marginalized, and exploited in America. One example that comes to mind are the migrant workers from Mexico that come to America in search for work to better their lives and Continue reading
In the United States today, personally I believe that all five of the faces of oppression are considered relevant. Violence, in particular, is very relevant today in this society especially in dealing with minorities. For example, African American people are in constant fear of being racially profiled or killed just Continue reading
I found three sources that focus on young people feeling powerless in child marriages. Children, mainly girls, don’t have a say when they are being forced into a marriage that has them become pregnant and ends in divorce. I believe that these situations presented in the articles fit into the Continue reading
The Five Faces of Oppression,” write a 2- to 3-paragraph blog post in which you consider if any of the faces of oppression exist in the United States today. Use specific examples (no generalizations!) to support your argumen The reading Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Young expresses what is Continue reading
How many people have positive predictions about the future? I’m sure its only a small fraction compared to those who believe the future is golden. I always hear things about billionaires taking over and replacing us with robots, an apocalypse that we are all doomed to be slain in. I Continue reading
Iris Young discusses the faces of oppression which have an everyday affect on people whether we know it or not. The five faces of oppression are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. Oppression is not always about inhumane treatment. Deprivation is also included in oppression. Most times it is Continue reading
America has many oppressive behaivors/practices. Those being violence, exploitation and powerlessness.These are the top three opressive behaivors for many reason. EXploitation is primarially seen on social media platorms. The topic being exploited vary from the goverment, celebrities, bussinesses and so forth.In’s todays society it is usually the influencesrs that are Continue reading
