ETH STD 11AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ward Connerly, 2000 United States Census, The Susie
18 Nov 2020
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Racial formation: the contradictions of racial classification (michael omi) Rachel dolezal: nothing about being white describes who i am. Said that she identified as black since she was 5 (she was white macerating as black) Racial formation is the socio-historical process of race making & its. Race making is fundamentally a process of othering -- defining & impact throughout the social order. categorizing people as other. The very act of defining racial groups is a process fraught with confusion, contradiction & unintended consequences. Racial classification & the state: the susie guillory phipps case. Had to get a new birth certificate in order to get her passport & under her race, it said she was black (instead of white) I was brought up white, i married white twice. 1970 louisiana state law allowed for anyone with more that 1/32nd black blood to be legally defined as black . These categories have been historically shaped by these times.
