POWER.

Chapter five is about power. Power is, the ability to bring about an intended outcome, even when opposed by others. The chapter touches on power in everyday life, all the forms of power , the way power is enforced, ways in which power is used. I feel I can't relate to this chapter because power is in our everyday life has been since the beginning of time; I also believe I can relate to this chapter because I am looked upon as a leader and I use power in an influential manner, although I try to the best of my ability to be a positive influence I do know that if I were to do some or encourage something negative it would be followed through thee same as if I influenced or encouraged something positive.
The reading talks about the five forms of oppression, oppression is the exercise of tyranny by ruling a group. Oppression is a way of enforcing power and the authors of 'Five Faces of Oppression' discuss the five method of oppression that are used to enforce power, violence exploitation, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism. These five methods are used by government and the higher class to oppress and maintain power over the lower class, the powerless. Another way I ca relate to this is that Black and Brown people are oppressed through violence, such as hate crimes and powerlessness of being the 'have not's' as opposed to those that have power those of us in the Black and Brown communities that complain but don't vote because we feel our vote doesn't make a difference we feel this way because of a form of oppression, I am going out on election day to vote for the man I want to represent the country I live in, and my elder brother told me he doesn't vote because his vote doesn't count my brother has an oppressed mind state and it is best that he realize it now when his vote is necessary to keep change active and not reverting back to the same old song and dance.
I found the video too be interesting that out of 12 people only three of them refused to go to 450 volts even when a woman thought she had killed the man prior to 450 volts she still continued to the end, yes although many of them felt bad about going to the end they still continued with no real concern for the health of the test subject (actor) in the other room. The doctor knows best and because he said the effects will not be long term they continued to the end unconcerned with the short term effects that he me be unconscious in the other room. with the thought that science is providing a system for good and the power of authority they continued with the torture. If it were me I'm not gonna say for sure but I would probably have been one of the three that did not go to 450 volts because I would have felt like it was a fair draw of who was the teacher and who was the learner and I could have been the one to draw leaner and if it were me in the other room I would not have wanted that person to go all the way to 450 volts and I would have stopped.

The chapter and the reading closely relate to one another because the chapter discusses power and the reading describes the methods used to enforce power and the chapter and the reading correlate with the video because they give insight as to why it is that these people didn't stop and what form of power is involved.

Signed; The Outlook Blogger.