My blog this week is on the video “The Four I’s of Oppression” with Luna Malbroux. The video itself is only five minutes and twenty-six seconds long. I found myself after the video wanting more knowledge about the four categories of Oppression.
The four categories of oppression include Ideological, Interpersonal, Institutional, and Internalized. The video first starts off with Ideological and the stereotypes that are known with being called a “real girl” or a “real boy”. The video then moves on to interpersonal oppression and how we have possibly all been part of some sort of exclusion or experienced microaggressions. Microaggressions are when something Is said and it seems like a compliment but it really is said out of being surprised.
Just focusing on this part of the video I feel as though everyone in some way may be able to connect to the interpersonal or ideological part of the video. When it comes to these categories, I think that we have all been the person to say these things to others or have had someone say these things to us. Now reflecting on my own personal experience and along with having sympathy for others, I realize that people need to be careful with what they say and to make sure they are not treating someone based on what is normalized in our society. You never know what other people have experienced and how it has affected them.
The video goes into institutional oppression which talks about when school systems are being funded more than others or how we have to have laws so that people with different mental health diagnoses can go to work and be supported. The last category is internalized oppression. Internalized oppression is when messages may not be explicitly stated. For example when we see things in movies and you can clearly see a character that is outside of the societal norm.
Just like the first half of the video I feel as though everyone can possibly relate to this section. Everyone can experience different things or have different feelings from what is seen as normalized. Overall I think that this video sheds light on reality. I feel like these categories are overlooked as being hurtful or not being impactful on someone's personal experience. I think this video was nice to reflect on my own life and what has impacted me to be who I am today. This video also made me realize that you never know what has shaped a person into who they are. After this video, I hope that people can be more understanding of people's different experiences along with trying to not make people feel as though they have to be someone they are not just to fit into the societal norm.
I had a great time reading your blog post! I love how you broke it down into separate paragraphs, it made reading your post much easier. I love how you show how you reflected after the reading.
ReplyDeleteI loved that you restated all that you talked about in your blog post, because it really is great to be able to reflect on what Malbroux talked about.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the idea that the second section is very applicable to everyone, which makes it easier for any and each reader to appreciate the material. However, I do believe the level in which you can apply her argument to your life varies heavily on the basis of many societal factors (ethnicity, gender, ability, etc.)
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DeleteI liked reading this blog! you put in really good information that was broken down perfectly.
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