Definitions by Lois Alstrom https://padlet.com/delk/def en-us 2017-01-25 13:28:53 UTC 2025-11-02 22:53:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Bias – The prejudgment of others in the absence of information about them as individuals or an inaccurate and limited way of perceiving the world or a given situation. A negative bias towards members of particular cultural, racial, religious, and linguistic groups, expressed through speech, written materials, and other media, which harms the targets in many ways. (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296508 2017-01-25 13:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296508 Discourse – The boundaries within which a topic is understood and talked about. Discourse produces knowledge about topics and therefore can regulate thinking and behaviour into categories of “normal” and unacceptable. Discourse can produce what comes to be seen as “truth” however it does not have to be true, only perceived as such – hence, its link to power (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296621 2017-01-25 13:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296621 Stereotypes – Beliefs held by individuals about the presumed physical and psychological characteristics of members of a social category. They can be either positive or negative and when applied so generally, individual differences are not recognized, or even defined (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296782 2017-01-25 13:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296782 Privilege – The advantages that are awarded to those with social identities that have benefits which minoritized social identities do not. (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296817 2017-01-25 13:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296817 Power – The ability to construct representation of ideas or groups through the organization of meaning (e.g. whether one describes a particular armed person as a terrorist or a freedom fighter). It is also the organization of concepts according to cultural conventions within specific contexts that regulates meaning that is used to normalize, conceal, and distort oppressive and regulatory practices. Also, organizing and justifying ideas that groups of people hold about themselves and the world – usually to maintain the ideologies and worldviews of dominant groups. (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296871 2017-01-25 13:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149296871 Minoritized Groups – This term results from discriminatory discourses about oppressed social groups that become commonsense assumptions that circulate within the larger population and can also be internalized by members of the targeted group. This process limits how individuals are defined and even how they define themselves. A minoritized person is seen not in their totality as an individual, as a representative of a marginalized social group; an erroneous assumption is made that this group is homogenous (p. 36) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149303917 2017-01-25 13:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149303917 Hegemony - Dominance is not achieved through direct authoritarian rule, but through a process of building consent through social practices where the ruling classes present their interests as the general interests of the society as a whole (p. 37) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149304390 2017-01-25 13:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149304390 Dependency Narratives – Stories that distort the structural basis of inequality and positions the donor as superior and benevolent (p. 31) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305448 2017-01-25 13:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305448 Capatilism – A global economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production/private property. The capitalists’ main aim is to produce goods to sell at a profit by keeping the cost of labour and resources low (p. 34) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305495 2017-01-25 13:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305495 Ideology – A systematic set of beliefs, perceptions, and assumptions that provide members of a group with an understanding and an explanation of their world. Ideology influences how people interpret social, cultural, political, and economic systems. It guides behaviour and provides a basis for making sense of the world. It offers a framework for organizing and maintaining relations of power and dominance in society (p. 30) delk https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305641 2017-01-25 13:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/delk/def/wish/149305641