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Matrix Of Domination
Alicia Misci
My Purpose
To show the matrix of domination in my life and to also bring attention to the undefined line that determines unmarked and marked categories in different contexts.
My Definition
Never-ending cycle where people are grouped in more than one marked or unmarked category simultaneously throughout their lives.
In some settings, a person may be considered marked where in another, that person may be unmarked.

Significance
Gender
Policeman: Physical Power
Superior
Me: Inferior to Males
Subordinate as a woman
Race
Policeman: Majority; African American
Me: Minority; European American
Not Invisible Now
Typically unmarked categories are “not seen” because they are a majority and they are ‘below the radar.’
However, in a city where a white person, typically an unmarked group member, is a minority, is white turned into a marked group?


Geographic Location
Aston, PA
Drug Stores
Developments of Homes
Suburb
Unmarked

Chester, PA
Drug Deals
Run-Down Stores
Public Housing
City
Marked


Class
Middle-Class
Decent Cars
People start to attain part-time jobs usually during high school
Children Play Safely in Streets
Unmarked because people have jobs and money for necessities and some luxuries.
Lower-Class
Beat up Cars
People without jobs
Street Loiterers
Unsafe for Children
Many People on Welfare
Marked because people feel inferior to those with jobs and money when they are without either.
My Creative Project
Immigration of 1900s
People who had been in America said the same thing about Italians, etc. as they do now about Latinos.
“Dirty Sicilians”
Many Italians were falsely convicted of crimes and alliance with fascism; Sacco and Vanzetti
Underpaid, poor living conditions
Tuberculosis and other diseases and health complications were common
Immigration Today
Much anti-immigration supporters
People have negative connotations of people different than themselves.
Americans do not realize we are primarily descendants of immigrants if not immigrants ourselves.
People are coming to America for opportunities and a better, safer life just like before.