What can we do as individuals to address and achieve social change?

Reading:
Ore, T. E., (2019). The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality. Oxford, New York.
Introduction to Part IV (p.469 480)
Hill Collins, P. Toward a New Vision, Race, Class and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection (p.483-493)

– What can we do as individuals to address and achieve social change?
In your essay, you should also answer the following three questions:

-Hill Collins argues that we often fail to see how our own ideas and behaviors perpetuate someone elses oppression. Can you think of some ideas or behaviors (your own or your friends or familys) that perpetuate the inequality of others? Describe and provide an example.
-What makes it difficult for us to see the ways that we participate in transforming difference into inequality? Please discuss.
– How can recognizing the ways we participate in perpetuating inequality move us toward a more equal society? Describe and provide an example.

Write a minimum of 800 words (but no more than 1200), and structure your essay with an introduction, main body, and conclusion.
Your similarity should be below 10% (including quotes).
Provide your sources in a bibliography at the end of your essay. You should include at least two academic sources. (Published materials written by academics and/or published in academic journals).

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