Read the following excerpt from Audre Lorde's 1980 essay, "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference":
"In a society where the good is defined in terms of profit rather than in terms of human need, there must always be some group of people who, through systematized oppression, can be made to feel surplus."
Based on the excerpt, which of the following statements best describes the author's argument?
- ARacial prejudice is the sole cause of social inequality, completely independent of economic systems.
- Capitalism creates a system where certain marginalized groups must be treated as surplus to maintain profit.Cevap
- CFeminist movements should focus exclusively on gender issues and avoid addressing economic structures.
- DIndividual economic success within a profit-driven market is the most effective way to end systemic oppression.
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Capitalism creates a system where certain marginalized groups must be treated as surplus to maintain profit.
The correct option is correct because the author directly links the profit-driven nature of society (capitalism) to the creation of a 'surplus' class of people through systematized oppression, showing that economic systems are tied to marginalization.
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The intersection of classism/capitalism and gender/race oppression in Black feminist thought.