Western Cultures of Hierarchy, Environmental Racism and the Climate Crisis

Sociologists are particularly interested in the relationship between culture and social structure. I would argue that sociologists take a different approach to culture than anthropologists — for us, the focus is on how culture functions to maintain social organization (structure). We looked at how culture produces solidarity to specific structural arrangements, including unequal arrangements, which is reflected in the concept of hegemony. Now we are putting that framework into action by applying it to the climate crisis and institutional racism. The question is, what role does culture play in producing and prolonging both institutional racism and the climate crisis? Here’s the sociological map: Structure produces supportive cultures → we are socialized into those cultures → we act in ways that reinforce the social structure. <a href="https://mledwards-15.medium.com/western-cultures-of-hierarchy-environmental-racism-and-the-climate-crisis-9810d007a5f1">Visit Now</a>