When I Buy an $12

question 353

True/False

When I buy an $12.00 movie ticket rather than two paperback books, the opportunity cost of going to the movie is the two paperback books I did not buy.

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Definitions:

Privileges

Advantages, rights, or benefits granted to individuals or groups based on certain aspects of their identity, such as race, class, and gender, often perpetuating social inequalities.

Internalized Oppression

The process by which individuals from marginalized or oppressed groups come to accept and live out the inaccurate stereotypes and negative social messages about their group.

Pierre Bourdieu

A French sociologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of social structures, cultural practices, and the concepts of habitus, cultural capital, and social field.

Symbolic Violence

A term by Pierre Bourdieu that refers to the self-perpetuating systems of social inequality maintained by cultural and symbolic systems of domination.