Sociology / Unit 1 Soc 0042 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Critical Sociology
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The idea
Critical sociology studies the structures that produce inequality with the declared aim of exposing them, treating neutrality about domination as itself a position.
In practice
Asked about a hiring algorithm, it examines whose historical patterns the training data encoded.
Where people slip
Declaring an aim does not license weak evidence; the standards are unchanged.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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