Toward A New Vision Patricia Collins Reflective Statement
Reflection on Toward a New Vision by Patricia Collins We tend to attribute our values and achievements to the personal qualities some of which are believed to be acquired thought the lifetime, while ignoring the inherent dimensions of identity that shape us without our intervention. When I followed Patricia Collins’s advice and pictured myself as a member of different race, class and a gender group, the boundaries between my personal accomplishments and favorable environmental factors became blurred. Even my attitude towards feminism appears to be an aftermath of numerous unearned assets.
Born in a middle class Georgian family, I had access to high-quality education and has never been differentiated from my brother based on intellectual capacities …show more content…
I grew up in a society where the uniformity of “race” prevented a social construction of Whiteness. White is nor perceived as normal since most of the Georgians are white. However, issues related to the class, female oppression and homicide are strongly intertwined. The total number of domestic violence cases in Georgia skyrocketed to 2114 in 2015. 91% of the victims were females, while in 96 % of cases offenders were low class men with poor economic conditions and high rates of alcohol consumption. Considering that population of Georgia approximates to 3.7 million, the statistics are concerning.
A study by the researchers at Harvard university argues that the rise of populism which culminated into Trump’s presidency and Brexit in the UK was largely caused by the counter-revolutionary backlash of lower class, white, less educated men living in the rural areas. After the spread of progressive values related to multiculturalism, environmental protection and feminism, “previously predominant group angrily reacted to the erosion of privilege and
Born in a middle class Georgian family, I had access to high-quality education and has never been differentiated from my brother based on intellectual capacities …show more content…
I grew up in a society where the uniformity of “race” prevented a social construction of Whiteness. White is nor perceived as normal since most of the Georgians are white. However, issues related to the class, female oppression and homicide are strongly intertwined. The total number of domestic violence cases in Georgia skyrocketed to 2114 in 2015. 91% of the victims were females, while in 96 % of cases offenders were low class men with poor economic conditions and high rates of alcohol consumption. Considering that population of Georgia approximates to 3.7 million, the statistics are concerning.
A study by the researchers at Harvard university argues that the rise of populism which culminated into Trump’s presidency and Brexit in the UK was largely caused by the counter-revolutionary backlash of lower class, white, less educated men living in the rural areas. After the spread of progressive values related to multiculturalism, environmental protection and feminism, “previously predominant group angrily reacted to the erosion of privilege and