Classism
This term describes the systematic oppression of poor and working-class people by those who control necessary resources.
What is classism?
This term describes the economic system by which resources and means of production and profits are privately held.
What is capitalism?
This term refers to the value of a family's assets, such as land or stocks, that can increase in value over time.
What is wealth?
This term describes the idea that identity cannot be fully understood via a single lens, such as gender, race, or class alone.
What is intersectionality?
This term describes the belief that anyone can make it if they try, often associated with the American Dream.
What is meritocracy?
This term refers to the set of beliefs that ranks people according to their economic status, breeding, job, and level of education.
What is class hierarchy?
This term refers to the economic system by which resources are jointly held and profits shared.
What is socialism?
This term describes the specific amount of money coming into a family's home over a period of time, such as a salary.
What is income?
This term refers to the concept that people can experience privilege and oppression simultaneously, depending on the context.
What is intersectional identity?
This term refers to the misconception that a rich person who loses everything will end up in the same boat as a poor person.
What is the myth of equal class mobility?
This term describes the cultural norms and values that are associated with the upper class and considered high class culture
What is high culture?
This term describes the idea that cutting taxes and increasing benefits for the richest will improve the standard of living for everyone else.
What is trickle-down economics?
This term refers to the total value of all assets owned by an individual or family, minus any debts.
What is net worth?
This term describes the multidimensional nature of identity, where various social identities interact in complex ways.
What is multidimensional identity?
This term describes the belief that education is the key to getting ahead, without considering the stratification within the education system.
What is the education myth?
This term refers to the institutional, cultural, and individual practices that assign differential value to people according to their socioeconomic status.
What is classism?
This term refers to the practice of maximizing profits by exploiting the labor of workers, making them work more for less.
What is labor exploitation?
This term describes the difference between the highest and lowest incomes in a society, often used to measure economic inequality.
What is income distribution?
This term refers to the theoretical framework that examines how different forms of oppression, such as racism and sexism, intersect and compound each other.
What is intersectional analysis?
This term refers to the idea that sports and sports scholarships offer minorities a way out of poverty, despite the rarity of this outcome.
What is the sports myth?
This term describes the idea that one can move from one class position to another, often seen as a key aspect of the American Dream.
What is social mobility?
This term describes factories and other manufacturing facilities where workers work long hours under poor conditions and for very low wages
What are sweatshops?
This term refers to the economic measure that determines how much income a household must earn to meet its basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.
What is the Low Income Measure (LICO)?
This term describes the idea that social inequality cannot be understood by examining categories such as gender, race, and socioeconomic status in isolation.
What is intersectional theory?
This term describes the belief that poor people should stop having so many babies, ignoring the structural barriers to reproductive health and family planning.
What is the myth of irresponsible reproduction?