Five Faces Of Oppression/ Milgram Experiment

     In this video Milgram Experiment; It shows major point of learning the behavior. The way human would be punished by using electric shock which the learner had take. The video shows how human behave or act when is time to face a challenge situation when somebody is being told to do something that can really hurt that person. However, this experiment was done, to see if the teacher will call a stop during the test or obey the professor.

     "The Five Face Of Oppression" points out the different points that oppress us. Exploitation which is the fact that people work hard and their are not getting paid by the hard work and effort they put in, in order to survive. Then Marginalization the action of excluding minorities.  Powerlessness is the people who have any power for example in the United States the people who has power is the President, Government and etc.... Another, point is Culture Silence the fact that it involves taking the culture of the ruling class, establishing it as a norm. The groups that have power in society control how the people in that society interpret and communicate. Cultural Imperialism which is the fact that adopt to stereotypes in the dominant culture.

     The students are exposed to one of the "The Five Face Of Oppression" is powerlessness. In this video I feel the powerlessness was more pointed out because mostly the professor tells the teacher what he has to do and the teacher has to obey by it, the teacher direct the students what they have to do however the teacher has more power then the students. As I watch the video I seen the teacher had tried to stop several times because students will just give up and they couldn't at all. Moreover, the students had to obey by what the teacher tells them to do. Through out the experience the students has been silence (Culture Silence) even they didn't have the right to talk or say anything by doing this experiment. In the video the students are some how marginalized and Milgram shows that we persuade ourselves to do something we should not do or being told to do.

     This is related to chapter 5 because it explains the different points of how different powers affects us. However, this helps me understand Legitimate Power which is invoke a feeling of obligation or you are likely to carry out a boss's order to do a routine task at work. From the video the students have to obey by what the teacher told them to do and plus the teacher have the power over the students. I can relate to this because at my job the director has power over my manager. However, my manager has power over me and my other co-workers. If my manager tells me I have to do certain things I would have to obey by it no matter what because she has the power to give you a write up, suspend you or just terminate you if she wants too, that's just every where you go it's always somebody that has a power of you. Another example, the Government has the power of people because the Government can invent any new things like today in New York City the metro cards was $4.50 now it went up $5.00 and people has to obey by that and by a $5.00 metro card in order to go to work or school.