Catagories
Political
The power relations between people and groups.
Ideology
The realm of ideas; all mechanisms and processes that influence the consciousness of people, their ideas and values, tastes and feelings.
Economic
That which relates to the production, distribution and consumption of commodities and wealth.
Gender
Socially imposed dichotomy of masculine and feminine roles-in this category we will also consider sexual identity.
Race
A sociopolitical construct that connects persons by common descent and origin-in this category we will also consider culture and ethnicity.
Structures of Oppression
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Racism and Ethnic Intolerance
Insight Arts follows the thinking of American sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant in describing race as “an unstable and decentered complex of social meanings constantly being transformed by political struggle. Based on this definition we define racism as all political projects that seek to marginalize and oppress individuals based on their racial or ethnic identification. We understand that in North America the major historic racist political project has been the creation of a white supremacist state. This state has granted political and social rights based on a racial hierarchy. |
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