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oppression
Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment of, or exercise of power over, a group of individuals, often in the form of governmental authority. There are many scholars who have attempted to define oppression, usually by the types of harm suffered by those who are persecuted.
First they came…
statement and provocative poem attributed to pastor Martin Niemöller
white privilege
societal privilege based on skin lightness
neo-feudalism
Neo-feudalism or new feudalism is a theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy, and public life, reminiscent of those which were present in many feudal societies. Such aspects include, but are not limited to: Unequal rights and legal protections for common people and for nobility, dominance of societies by a small and powerful elite, a lack of social mobility, and relations of lordship and serfdom between the elite and the people, where the former are rich and the latter poor.
collective responsibility
philosophical, social and political concept describing responsibility of organizations, groups and societies
whitelist
A whitelist or allowlist is a list or register of entities that are being provided a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition. Entities on the list will be accepted, approved and/or recognized. Whitelisting is the reverse of blacklisting, the practice of identifying entities that are denied, unrecognized, or ostracized.
sociology of gender
subfield of sociology
status quo bias
an emotional bias, which is a preference for the current state of affairs as opposed to a change
First World problem
frustration experienced by a privileged person in a First World country
affluenza
Affluenza describes the psychological and social effects of affluence. It is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, and is used most commonly by critics of consumerism. Some psychologists consider it to be a pseudo-scientific term; however, the word continues to be used in scientific literature.
privilege
social concept that special rights or advantages are available only to a particular person or group of people
male privilege
concept used to describe social, economic, and political advantages or rights that are made available to men solely on the basis of their sex
motonormativity
thumb|1966 AMC Ambassador DPL advertisement Motonormativity (also motornormativity, windshield bias, car blindness, or, pejoratively, car brain) is an unconscious cognitive bias in which the social norms of private motor car ownership and use, and their societal effects and externalities, are assumed to be natural, universal, inevitable, neutral, and non-negotiable. It is a type of normativity based on the presupposed role of cars in society.
internalized oppression
concept in which an oppressed group uses the methods of the oppressing group against itself
Honorary male
a woman who is accorded the status of a man without disrupting the patriarchal status quo
body privilege
social concept
Christian privilege
Social advantage that is bestowed upon Christians in society