{"id":1295,"date":"2019-10-21T16:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2019-10-21T16:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T20:02:41","slug":"dominants-and-subordinates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/10\/21\/dominants-and-subordinates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominants and Subordinates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Domination\/Subordination, I agree with many aspects of the author\u2019s argument around the dominants, but not as much for the section regarding subordinates.\u00a0 Miller paints the subordinates as almost helpless victims, who have to resort to unorthodox methods in order to react to the prejudice they endure. The indirect methods are mentioned when Miller writes of actions that, \u201c&#8230;contain hidden defiance and put ons\u201d (Miller, 228).\u00a0 This may have been true in a more historical sense, where there were much stricter societal norms and laws to limit subordinates such as women and people of color, but I believe that cannot be applied in today\u2019s society. I believe that there is more opportunity for subordinates to be direct with their dissatisfaction towards their dominant counterparts.\u00a0 This does not mean that they won\u2019t experience the backlash and danger that Miller mentioned, but much of those consequences can be used as a rallying cry for the subordinates in today\u2019s society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While I believe that Miller limits the potential of subordinates in this day and age, her description of dominants was accurate and insightful.\u00a0 Miller emphasizes one key point that I believe is very applicable to those dominants who are not striving for temporary inequality: the need to suppress the subordinates.\u00a0 The dominants, \u201c&#8230;prefer to avoid conflict &#8211; open conflict that might call into question the whole situation\u201d (Miller, 227). By avoiding conflict, the dominants make an unhealthy societal norm that looks down upon addressing the existing inequalities.\u00a0 I feel like this can be very applicable to many situations of permanent inequality, such as between men and women. I did not consider this idea of avoiding conflict when I thought of inequalities, but Miller\u2019s article made me realize the dangers about societal limitations on open dialogue.\u00a0 While I believe that there is more opportunity to speak out about issues today compared to the past, there still is work to be done to establish truly free and open conversations around inequality.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Domination\/Subordination, I agree with many aspects of the author\u2019s argument around the dominants, but not as much for the section regarding subordinates.\u00a0 Miller paints&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/10\/21\/dominants-and-subordinates\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dominants and Subordinates<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}