Where is oppression today

Huffinton Post Military sexual assault epidemic continues to claim victims as defense department fails females. Covid Resources. References 1. Valentini, J. For women in America, equality is still an illusion.

Washington Post 5. Teen dating violence 7. Marshall University. Womens Center; rape culture. As the country cries out for a vaccine and a return to normal , lost in the policy debates is the reality that COVID kills far more people of color than white Americans.

This isn't a matter of coincidence, poor choices or bad luck — it's by design. They found:. Of the 10 U. Of the top 50 counties with the highest death rates, 31 are populated mostly by people of color.

With nearly 1, people a day dying from the virus and scientists scrambling to grasp exactly how the virus spreads and kills, federal and state data has not provided enough demographic detail to show the full impact on communities of color. Black people are more than twice as likely to die from the virus than white people, and Hispanics and Native Americans are 1. A team of USA TODAY reporters pored over lawsuits challenging housing and health care policies, analyzed demographic data for communities hit hardest by COVID and studied documents that reveal how government and business leaders worked together to marginalize populations.

They interviewed the descendants of enslaved Americans who were denied homeownership in white neighborhoods and Indigenous Americans who had been funneled into reservations in exchange for federally funded health care that never came.

They walked through Black communities on the fence line of polluting chemical plants, spent time with Latino farmworkers unable to afford the very food they harvested, and entered the homes of Asian immigrants afraid of being attacked by neighbors if they tested positive for the coronavirus. In Essex County, New Jersey, decades of housing policies, laws and unspoken pacts excluded communities of color from spacious suburbs and forced them to cram into poor, often neglected neighborhoods in the urban core of Newark.

That includes Ahou Yao, 40, a respiratory therapist at a local hospital who contracted COVID in April and was forced to self-isolate in her bedroom in the two-bedroom apartment she shares with her husband and two young boys. She struggled from fever, shortness of breath and body aches and was unable to work for a month.

Her husband had to go out for food, run errands and navigate their crowded neighborhood. Her husband has since developed a cough and chest pains, prompting a trip to the emergency room.

He started self-isolating, passing the responsibility of venturing outside back to his wife. In Louisiana, along a stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, former slave plantations house massive chemical plants that spew chemicals deemed dangerous by the Environmental Protection Agency. Skip to main content. Social Identities and Systems of Oppression Systems of oppression are individual, institutional, and societal and their effects on people have a long history deeply rooted in American culture.

Educators from oneTILT define social identity as having these three characteristics: Exists or is consistently used to bestow power, benefits, or disadvantage. Is used to explain differences in outcomes, effort, or ability. Is immutable or otherwise sticky difficult, costly, or dangerous to change. Stop and Think! Learn More! Take a moment to reflect. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. Why do you think she does so?

Considering your own life and social identities, can you draw comparisons to her struggles? Why not you as a human being? Of course, I am a human being, but there are particular things that happen to me in the world because I am a woman. Let's Talk It can be hard to talk about oppression no matter what side you find yourself on. However, these conversations are needed to develop a deeper understanding of the issues and prevent further harm.

An effective way to enter into these kinds of conversations is by thinking through your own social identity. Find relevant handouts here. Share about the process of your identity formation with your partners using the discussion questions. How do you think individuals, institutions, and the dominant American society justified this cruel and inhumane treatment? What kept those who had power and voice government officials, school teachers, civic leaders, regular citizens, etc.

Banks connects historical oppression to current oppression faced by Native peoples.