Question

Michael, Sara, and Devon are in a really heated discussion about the ideology of oppression when it comes to race, class, and gender. You are only an ear shot away of their conversation and fortunately for the, you are a student studying social inequality. You hear comments such as class is what you make of it, buying expensive items makes you a member of a class, Americans have false consciousness. You enter the conversation and give great sociological perspective on viewpoints heard. Express your comments.

Answer 1

Oppression is the systematic and institutional abuse of power by one group at the expense of another group and use the force to maintain this dynamic.This ideology of oppression makes one class of peopile to have control resources and choices while making those labeled as inferior vulnureble to poverty violence . Generally this oppression is a tool that that keeps one set of people unjust social relations and others as monopolies with high powers. Generally this leads to violence when those with high power always challenges these less previlaged people by showing social inequality.

oppression actively provides the previlage and protection to one class of members in the community allowing them to neglest the other race, low class people and even gender.this allows the to use the power whether conciously or unconsciously in order to achieve and acquire status and wealthat the expenses of wealth.

Especially in America this kind of ideology of oppression is high when compared with other countries. They have false consciousness that if you are a high class you should always buy high expensive items and should always maintain high profile. The step in transforming an oppressive systenm is to recognize our own previlages and to understand the connection betwwen our previlage and the suffering of others.