Quote: "A common feature in many ideological oppressions is biologism–interpreting the value of human life from a strictly biological viewpoint".
Explanation: The whole point of ideology oppression tends to get lost in big words; to understand more clearly, it is your typical 'boy' 'girl' stereotypes we have been accentuating since in the womb. A couple has a girl, what color will they paint the room? Most likely pink. Boys receive monster trucks as toys, and if they want a Barbie doll, he will be questioned by classmates or even family. Luna Malbroux mentions that no matter the age, 5 years old or 85 years old, when ask to determine the connections between what makes a 'real boy' and 'real girl', both ages would come up with similar things because that is how we were shaped.
Quote: "In white dominant societies, internalized oppression often expresses itself for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color through a strong drive to over-achieve in order to feel valued, or in self-doubt and hesitancy when pursing opportunities for which they are demonstrably qualified".
Explanation: The purpose behind internalized oppression is that the racism does not have to be direct; Malbroux makes multiple good points about that exclusion is a prime example. A student may realize that they are sitting alone at the lunch table and oversee their classmates huddled in the distance. They may not be saying "this is why im excluding you" but it implies it and as Malbroux says, it does not make it any less real. Another good example of indirect internalized oppression is microaggressions. A comment that may seem non harmful, but underneath has other meaning.
Quote: "As a policy and practice, test scores inequitably keep low income—particularly Black, Indigenous, or other people of color—students from accessing educational credentials and related job opportunities".
Explanation: Institutional oppression generally consists larger community of people; schools, neighborhoods, laws, making other folks feel separate. I have grown up in Woonsocket where the white families are in the nicer houses on the quiet side streets with nice roads, but the hispanic people all live in subsidized housing. The colored people live on the busy streets because they have businesses and corner stores. Our neighborhoods segregate in certain areas, and schools are also funded differently than others. Woonsocket is majority colored and hispanic, and a big problem over the past several years is how differently Woonsocket gets funded in comparison to Cumberland, the next city over. Grand Rapids CC 4 I's
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