If subordinate groups have typically won a reputation for subtlety - a subtlety their superiors often regard as cunning and deception - this is surely because their vulnerability has rarely permitted them the luxury of direct confrontation…. Every subordinate group creates, out of its ordeal, a ‘hidden transcript’ that represents a critique of power spoken behind the back of the dominant.
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James C. Scott, Domination and the Arts of Resistance
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I wish I could carry a stamp around both the internet and real life that said “K, u wrong doe”
Embiggen
“Society recognizes the ways people are different and assigns group membership based on these differences; at the same time, society also ranks the differences and institutionalizes them into the fabric of society… This implies that meanings associated with difference exist beyond the intentions of individual people. These rankings of groups and their members create a hierarchy in which some ways of being, like being abled or heterosexual, are valued more than others, like being disabled or gay or lesbian.”
- Susan Shaw and Janet Lee, Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions 4th Ed.
Whew! That was a lot of photoshopping! I miss the days when I could just whip out InDesign, but sadly, I gave up on the honest pursuit of graphic design and now I wander into back alleys and draft up bootleg charts and sell black market post-processed photos out of my trenchcoat.
Anyway, here is The Intersecting Axes of Privilege, Domination, and Opression, lifted from my old Women’s Studies textbook with full attribution. I could have just scanned it in from the textbook, but it appears that I spilled chocolate syrup on it. Plus I plan to simplify it momentarily for use with a younger audience. Very helpful in discussions of privilege! Enjoy!
