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people of color being held to a higher standard by law enforcement

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the ability to control or influence someone or something

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yes because that is how school, jobs, and the government work in society

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I think power is when a group of people has more control than another group of people.

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I define power as the ability to make change.

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I think sexism is acknowledged more because for one thing it has been talked about for a lot longer, and although the dominant perspective that has gotten to speak has been white men for a long time, white women have gotten to speak about their perspectives for longer than people of color in the mainstream.

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Women are held to double standards with the amount of makeup to put on, which clothes to wear, now being forced to give birth in most states, getting cat called, getting told we're making a big deal of something when it happens on the daily.

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I think part of it is a commentary about how minorities were treated at the time, but a lot of it was also just his own bias towards them coming through.

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Racism is definitely acknowledged more in society because of how much it's on the news and the movements for that. But with sexism even though there have been movements, it's definitely not been shown on the media and stuff as much.

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I don't think he was a racist or a sexist because of how society was back then and probably didn't think of however else to write the book.

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Women are held to unrealistic expectations of beauty and appearance that keep changing depending on the year or the decade. So much harm is done to women and young girls because it becomes so hard to keep up and navigate what is beautiful and acceptable and what is not because it keeps changing.
-elise

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Black people are punished much more harshly than white people for commiting the same crimes.

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I see racism acknowledged more in our society due to how often it’s seen happen. However, I feel that both topics are not acknowledged nearly enough as they should be.
-Elise

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I don't think that he was either, but because of how society was back then was what made it seem like her was. - Vy

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i think you can’t really say it depends on the environment and like situation

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I think that racism is acknowledging more because of how often it is seen like in the news.

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I think that people of color are maybe not held to a higher standard; I honestly don't know in that respect, but they are at least held to an unreasonable standard for the hand they've been dealt in society. People of color have been continually persecuted throughout the years, that is at least clear. However, now they are supposed to sustain their families and build a life for themselves when they've been placed so far behind the start line. That, at least, is an unreasonable standard.

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I define power as the ability to influence other peoples' thoughts and actions.

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I think that he thought it didn't really matter what they look like, as there was only one woman and only one black man on the ranch, so that alone would be enough to get a good image of them, where as there are multiple white men so they would need more description. Curley's wife flirted with everyone so based on misogynistic ideals you could assume she'd be very pretty. Crooks was given more description than she was, but he was more involved in dialogue than she was.

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I think it does a lot more now then before and anything can be acknowledged a lot easier and by more people because the internet

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I think he might have forgot

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I think racism is acknowledged more within the government and things like the law enforcement and politics but sexism is more talked about socially in things like schools and workplaces.

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Jonny Sommer-
Yes of course. Even in the most minor things there will always be a hierarchy- for example school projects. Despite there not being a chosen leader, it’s more than likely someone will step up to fill that role of organizer/leader. Even if they are aware of their leadership and try to be inclusive to all ideas and opinions of the group, being the person who first stepped up and took power gives them a certain influence over their peers. Unless no one likes them, then none of that would work.

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I think so. I think that society will always feel that pressure of needing to be the best at something, or be better than someone.
-Elise

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Men are generally told to keep their emotions in check, while also supporting others and generally doing things that should deserve some emotion, such as caring for a family. Women are generally held to a high standard of beauty, but are also told not to use makeup or accessories to improve their looks.

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I think for the time he was pretty good when it came to that but there was only one female character who doesn't even get named, and was someone's wife.

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Yes I think there will always be a hierarchy in society because I think it’s partially human nature to want to categorize people
- freya

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I don’t think he was either, because books like this was released in 1937 and times were so much different because of the way they were raised and how they were taught to see others.

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People talk about racism more due to how often it’s seen, stereotypes that stem from racism, and the linking with history.

-Quan Nguyen

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I think because of the time period he didn’t consider a woman or a black man to need the same level of development or importance as other characters as well as for the plot to purposely belittle them as characters as they were treated worse by other characters.

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Jonny Sommer-
To me power is the influence you hold over people. This is why I would say Slim has more power than Curley, despite Curley having more AUTHORITY, Slim commands a presence and has more influence over the other farm hands. It’s also why George holds power over Lennie despite Lennie being able to snap bones like twigs

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Someone who has the ability to influence someone’s opinions, actions or behavior
- Freya

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I think the only way for hierarchy to disappear is if everyone was exactly the same so yes it will always exist.

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maybe because of the time period the book was published in impacted how much people wanted to hear women's and people of color's perspectives-oliver

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Yes, because there will always be someone that wants more or to be at the top of something. -Vy

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Many people face double standards regarding gender. Women are typically expected to wear makeup and do their hair but still look like they put no effort into it and men are often expected to be strong and provide for others but not show “weak” emotions

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I don't think he was any more racist or sexist than the average person from his time, based on the interactions between Crooks and the other guys, or between Curley's wife and the other guys.

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I define power as someone who has judgement towards others and is able to change what they don’t like with little to no effort.

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i think in the time the book was written he probably wouldn’t have been but now, lots of things have changed, like the use of the n word. the way he never gives curly’s wife a name seems pretty dehumanizing which does make him seem sexist

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i don't think so i believe are society will evolve to view everyone as equal to one another eventually at least i hope - oliver

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I don’t think he necessarily was either, I think that at the time the book was written his descriptions were very normal and accepted in society and it’s just what he grew up with.
-Freya

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yes, because there always seems to be an instinct to one up someone and become better than them.

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The ability to strongly influence or command someone.

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As long people exist and talk about status and ranking in life then there will always be a hierarchy so yeah hierarchy will always exist

-Quan Nguyen

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I think in todays day he would be considered both. I also think that he was then but it wasn’t looked at in the same way as he was more likely to be writing the characters based on what society was like then and how gender and racial roles were much more defined.

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how much one can influence/effect others with little effort

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The ability to dictate/influence someone or something. - Vy

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yes becuse all goverments have a highroky

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yes becuse all goverments have a highroky

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probably sexism more because all races have women -oliver

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probably sexism more because all races have women -oliver

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One who has absolute judgement

-Quan Nguyen

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Personally, I think that society acknowledges sexism more because of the population difference. There are many more women in the world than people of color, and thus the suppression of women's voices has been acknowledged, due to their voices simply being more populous.

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i think that at times, racism is more acknowledged than sexism even though they are both very serious topics that are covered in the book

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I don’t think he was particularly sexist or racist for his time because the book was written in 1937 and racism and sexism were highly normalized. I do however think that the book is outdated and that we can now point out the racism and sexism projected in the story.

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I think that because of the time this book was written and published, there are racist and sexist statements in the text. The only black man and the only woman were created specifically to be talked down to and treated as less than equal. Was this a product of Steinbeck’s environment? Most likely, but I think he also just had those ideals regardless.
-Élise

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Racism is more acknowledged,Because back then you were able to say anything and people would either agree or say something even worse than what was stated before, and this book covers it as the racial slurs in the book pop up constantly.

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Jonny Sommer-
I would say that Steinbeck is racist given todays standards, however Crooks commentary when he is talking to Lennie about how isolation is bad for your mental health makes me think perhaps he was against isolating and separating people based on race. As for whether or not he was sexist I’m not sure. The book is widely centered around the men, and the one significant female character isn’t even that significant. I wouldn’t say that makes him sexist, however the way the characters treat her may reflect his own internal feelings about women.