Conducted by: Stanley Milgram.
Twelve member volunteer to take part in a scientific experiment. They were instructed to perform acts that conflicted with conscience. The professor will decide on a teacher and and learner .The teacher would ask questions to the learner and if they got it wrong, the teacher have to shock them. Each time they answer wrong, teacher would increase the volt more. Volt went by 15-450.
This experiment was not an easy experiment.The experiment offer a powerful and disturbing look into the power of authority and obedience. The teacher had a choice whether to put a stop to the test or listen to the professor. Also falls back on chapter 5 (Power). Having a choice to do something or not. The teacher doesn't know that the learners is not being shock. They recorded a voice to make it seem as if it were the learners voice. 9 out of 12 went all the way to the end. It can convince ourselves that violence is justify.
Five Faces of Oppression
Gender,race,class,relationships,identities and experiences are shaped by conditions of oppression.
- Exploitation difference between wealth that workers create through labor power.
-Marginalization those who are unable to keep employment because of disabilities, education, age etc..
-Powerlessness workers in lower status jobs experience more powerlessness then workers with professional jobs.
-Cultural Dominance the way one group experiences, cultural expressions.
-Violence can be used to keep a group in its place. Also remind social groups of what happens when the resist of oppression.
In the experiment and from the reading everything is all about choices we make daily. Most people in society face at least one of the oppression before.Racism runs through each of these oppression. Oppression also relates to the video. We all have differences.
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