HON351
Spring Semester 2008
Study Sheet
Liberation Ideologies
Reading assignment:
Ball and Dagger, ch. 8
Other articles (optional):
"Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Fuel Resurgence of the KKK," Christian Science Monitor, February 9, 2007
Website (optional):
UN Conference on Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (2001)
(Quotes from Paul Lauren book)
Questions to consider while reading Ball and Daggar, chapter 8:
1. What are the common characteristics of liberation ideologies?
2. What are the principal issues that arise with each of the following types of liberation ideology?
Black liberation
Women's liberation
Gay liberation
Native People's liberation
Liberation theology
Animal Rights
3. What differences are there within the communities promoting at least some of the liberation ideologies?
4. To what extent are liberation ideologies consistent/inconsistent with other ideologies studied in the course, such as liberalism and conservatism?