Oppression in America

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Oppression in America

• Team 4 Social Studies

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Umbrella of Oppression

• Racism
• Sexism
• Homophobia
• Ageism
• Classism
• Xenophobia
• Religious Intolerance
• Ableism

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Racism
Japanese Internment Camp
Klu Klux Klan Meeting
Cherokee Natives Being Relocated
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Racism

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on race, color or ethnic
  descent.
• (Discrimination based on race.)
• Examples Slavery, Native Americans,
  Segregation, Internment of Japanese Americans

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Sexism
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Sexism

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on gender or sex.
• (Discrimination based on gender.)
• Examples Suffrage Amendment, Women in the
  Workforce, Legal Powers of Women

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Homophobia
Matthew Shepard
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Homophobia

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on sexual preference.
• (Discrimination based on sexual preference.)
• Example Gay, Fag, Feminine Men, Masculine
  Women, Dyke

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Ageism
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Ageism

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on age.
• (Discrimination based on age.)
• Examples Hiring younger workers, not allowing
  young workers to work

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Classism

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on socio-economic background.
• (Discrimination based on money.)
• Example Hiring, Social Groups, Social
  Expectations, Poverty.

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Ableism
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Ableism

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on disability.
• (Discrimination based on disability.)
• Examples Retard, Assumptions of ignorance,
  Work Discrimination

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Xenophobia

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on country of origin.
• (Discrimination based on country of origin.)
• Examples Somalis, Mexican Americans, Arab
  Americans

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Religious Intolerance

• any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
  preference based on religious beliefs.
• (Discrimination based on religious beliefs.)
• Examples Hate Crimes after 911, Limitations
  against certain religions.

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Cross Category Oppression

• A web of issues rather than one singular rope.
• The majority of oppression occurs as a
  combination of types rather than one or the
  other. (Racism/Classism, Xenophobia/Religious
  Intolerance/Racism)

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Success??? Or Not???

• Affirmative Action
• Equal Opportunity Employers
• Desegregation
• Hate Crime Laws
• Amendments to the Constitution
• Same Sex Marriage Ban
• Discrimination Laws