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Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part IV of VI]

In this part four of this series studying the psychological phenomenon of the  creation of marginalized populations Val and Nathan tackle the six step process in how populations create power hierarchies and select those over whom they rule.

As a reminder, steps one through three are as follows:

• Mark the difference between yourself and another type of person
• Stigmatize the difference
• Institutionalize the discrimination against stigmatized group

This episode tackles steps four through six: 

• Allow for exceptions in the stigmatized population
• Blame the stigmatized group social problems of the culture
• Turn various oppressed populations against each other by encouraging them to create hierarchies between themselves.  This ensures that they will sustain the larger system of dominance and oppression

The last two episodes of this series explores how individuals can contribute to the reversing of this systemic phenomenon. Each individual's heightened consciousness around issues of hierarchy and oppression slowly moves the world in the direction of increased love and connection.

 Book being referenced in this series: Living with History: Making Social Change by Gerta Lerner

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