The Fabric of Oppression

The fabric of oppression- is when groups are created that are dominant or privileges and other groups that are targeted and oppressed by it. Subconsciously, I believe we all know that White Christians is the dominant group and everyone else..... is not. A point the article made which really made sense was the point that just because you are in the dominant group it does NOT automatically mean that you will have power and wealth, but it does mean that you will have a better chance of getting that. And of course the targeted group do not mean you will be poor and weak but you will have less chances of being powerful and wealthy. I think one thing that happens more than we think is internalized oppression. That is when a person takes all the untrue, biast, stereotypical thoughts of their group and turn it inward on themselves. How terrible is it to feel bad about yourself just because people do not want to learn about you and just go by what they hear and believe is true. This internalization is of course the dominant groups fault. According to the fabric of oppression the dominant group is white, male, physically and mentally able and of course heterosexual. It is so stupid. I am sure that anyone else female, Hispanic, black etc can do just a good a job as the white male-we just refuse to give people a chance. The fabric of oppression can be seen in video games. In rainbow six las vegas you are killing terrorists and the main "bad guy" is Hispanic. Younger people who do not know any better are going to get the idea that all Hispanics are terrorists and i think equate that to what happened on 9/11. We see the fabric of oppression Everyday whether in life or in video games or the media- we just pretend not notice it.