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Ideology Stabilizes Unjust Social Roles
- Ideology often functions as shared background beliefs that justify and stabilize unjust social practices.
- Sally Haslanger emphasizes ideology reconciles people to both subordinate and dominant roles, not just one side.
Oppression Can Be Voluntary Through Ideology
- Haslanger contrasts repressive oppression with ideological oppression where people willingly participate.
- Ideological oppression shapes identities so people accept unjust roles without overt coercion.
Practices, Not Just Beliefs, Produce Injustice
- Harmful coordination often runs on cultural fluencies and not explicit beliefs or conscious racism.
- Haslanger compares social fluency to driving: practices and cues shape behavior below the level of belief.