Probably not what you expected, but still accurate and interesting. :)
Progressive Bloggers
Your opinions…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Evacuation order issued as wildfire threatening Fort McMurray draws closer
- Despite extensive DNA tests, identity of 1 of Winnipeg serial killer's victims remains a mystery, trial hears
- Destroying Michael Cohen: Trump team sets off on mission at trial
- Alice Munro, Canadian author who mastered the short story, dead at 92
- The PWHL this week: Goals remain in short supply as Walter Cup playoffs heat up
- Federal tests find no signs of bird flu virus in Canadian retail milk
- Sask. man previously charged with sexual assault against children now faces 60 new charges
- WATCH | Are you boycotting Loblaw? We asked people across Canada
- Indigenous Identity Fraud Summit opens with denunciations, statements of solidarity
- Some blame outsiders for spread of pro-Palestinian protests. The idea isn't new, experts say
Blogs I Follow
bleatmop
Mystro
Dead Wild Roses 
1 comment
April 22, 2015 at 8:30 am
tildeb
I gained a great deal of insight from De Beauvoir how we formulate our sense of the Other and then act to effect on this formulation. The ‘how’ once again determines the ‘what’ and this key insight is widely applicable in many arenas of human interactions to locate bias.
This understanding is yet another reason why I disdain so much sociology that assigns value to formulations I think are baseless in fact. The very emphasis on group identity – a central tenet of sociology – is fatal to reflecting reality as it is (by substituting group ‘norms’ for the individuals who constitute its members) and is yet another means to replace reality with our beliefs about it… disguised as independent research findings. An example might be IQ tests used to rank racial differences and then formulate social policies as a academically sanctioned response to those findings.
LikeLike