Internalized Oppression

Understanding Internalized Oppression: A Theoretical Conceptualization of Internalized Subordination

Resisting internalized oppression: Black women's perceptions of incarceration

......................................................................................................4 Resisting Internalization....................................................................................5 Two Differing Analyses of Black women’s incarceration from formerly incarcerated Black Women.............................................................................................

Reframing Internalized Oppression and Internalized Domination: From the Psychological to the Sociocultural

This article presents a reinterpretation of ‘‘internalized oppression’’ and ‘‘internalized domination,’’ not as internal, psychological qualities or characteristics, but rather as sociocultural phenomena—that is, as forms of ‘‘mediated action.’’ Mediated action entails two central elements: (1) an agent, the person who is doing the acting, and (2) cultural tools (or ‘‘mediational means’’), the ...

Internalized Oppression or Rational Fear: Examining Internal Group Animosity in Nadine Gordimerâ•Žs â•œOnce Upon a Timeâ•š

Nadine Gordimer’s short story “Once Upon a Time” is a chilling depiction of the nearly fivedecade long systematic segregation of races in South Africa, a period known as apartheid. In the story, which Gordimer presents as a “fairytale,” the author paints a picture of a suburban, upperclass family and the wall they construct around their property to protect themselves from “people of another col...

Collective Responsibility for Oppression

Many contemporary forms of oppression are not primarily the result of formally organized collective action nor are they an unintended outcome of a combination of individual actions. This raises the question of collective responsibility. I argue that we can only determine who is responsible for oppression if we understand oppression as a matter of social practices that create obstacles for socia...