Standpoint Theory

An example of Standpoint Theory is the rap community. The rap community is dominated mostly by young, black men, this creates a hierarchy and creates marginalized groups. The marginalized groups in that hierarchy are white people and most women. In the exact opposite of the normal hierarchy, rich, old white people are looked at as the worst kind of people. Their inability to relate to the young black rappers makes them look foolish when they try. This also creates some animosity for the rich, old white people that has caused them to try to hurt rap by labeling it. They don’t like being the marginalized group, they want to be the dominant members of society. The rap community has created a hierarchy that changes the normal hierarchy of our society, it has given some of the marginalized groups power and made the powerful somewhat marginalized.