The question shouldn’t be if any faces of oppression exist in America, it should be, how many could I count on my hands…and maybe toes. The faces of oppression we see in America today resemble those that Young says they appear as, which includes exploitation, marginalization powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and Continue reading
The American system has engaged and definitely engages in oppressive practices. Exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence have been used to oppress a myriad of groups within the United States. All five faces of oppression continue to be utilized now, in 2021-2022; even if it is at a lower Continue reading
One of the faces of oppression that Iris Young discusses is Exploitation, and one way I see America use this form of oppression is through media propaganda. From personal experience, I see that whoever holds the most influence or who can influence the most is the one/group that can control Continue reading
After diving into Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Young, I was presented with a new way to look at certain issues and structures in American society. In modern America we continue to see these forms of oppression exist. Personally, I believe as a society we are continuing to grow Continue reading
I believe that all five faces of oppression described by Young still exist in America today. I’m only going to focus on the top three. Marginalization is a big one in America. Being socially excluded because of skin color, gender or the way you identify yourself such as gay, lesbian Continue reading
Many forms of oppression still exist in America today. Iris Young explains that 5 main forms of oppression are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. Although I feel like each of these is present in America today, I will discuss examples of exploitation and cultural imperialism. Exploitation has been Continue reading
In Five Faces of Oppression, Iris Young uses a family of concepts and conditions that she divides into categories to help understand and describe oppression. The five concepts she discusses are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence. Out of the five concepts she described there are two that I Continue reading
The United States of America is fascinating in its sense of such highly regarded development being the same environment for the perpetuation of all of the faces of oppression expounded upon in the “The Five Faces of Oppression.” All of the five faces have repeatedly represent symbols of our nations Continue reading
Many faces of oppression still exist in America today that continuously go unnoticed. The five faces of oppression that we focused on in our readings for this week were exploitation, marginalization, violence, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism. The main ones which I feel have impacted society in America are violence, marginalization, and powerlessness. As I have learned oppression is defined as the exercise Continue reading
After reading the Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Young, I have discovered that there is still some of these oppressions that still exist today. The one that I will be focusing on in this post is powerlessness. This one still happens, but it does not have the same coverage Continue reading
