Question: 1 (Choose 1 answer)
Consider the following fictional newspaper article.
Homeless man Mike Davis pulled himself back on his feet with some hard work in his new microbusiness,cleaning local restaurants and bars. While his microbusiness might have given him a newfound sense of dignity, along with a few dollars, Mike confessed to his case manager Susan Lee at New Choices Welfare that he still had a unfulfilled dream - to find his long-lost sister in the city of Bramingham. That's when Susan, in conjunction with Flyaway Travel, worked to make Mike's dream a reality A cultural studies theorist continues critiquing the article in the following way.Narratives of individual responsibility, such as the Southern Messenger article, serve to redirect blame towards the homeless for their fate. This ideology then reinforces how the broader housing system, that prioritizes the exchange-value of houses on the market rather than their use-value as accommodation, creates a homeless underclass.
Which feature of critique, outlined in lesson 5.3a, can be found in the theorist's writing?
A. A structural worldview is needed, where individual issues are socio-political phenomena.
B. Unjust ideologies maintain unequal power structures.
C. The university is an agent of change rather than just a place to transmit thought.
D. Theory is never neutral, but either maintains or challenges unequal power structures.
