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Respectability Politics: A Systemic Oppression Study

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Nowadays, there are people like Bill Cosby and everyone who supports him. Yes, they have overcome systemic oppression individually, however, have they overcome it in a social group? (Wallace, July 14, 2015). This is one of the issues with respectability politics; the ideology that suggests people can overcome their systemic oppression by improving their personal behavior. The other issue with respectability politics is if you genuinely believe that each individual must single handedly overcome their structural oppression. To a sense, this is true. An individual can overcome their structural oppression on their own. For example, Cosby is a respected man, despite his beliefs. However other African- Americans are not looked at the same way as
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