ENGLISH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Firstclass, Victorian Era, Identity Politics
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All of life is based on evolution/growth. There is no growth in a permanent inequality. 1/30 relationship, only in a temporary inequality relationship: construction: power grab (a question of power) linnaeus 1758 - biological racism, deconstruction: to take a part / they had to deconstruct what was constructed. Book page 487 : the constitution - a power grab. Dominant and subordinate - living a lie. 1787 philadelphia - evasion of truth starts in constitution (hypocritical) 3/5ths compromise - does not include the word slave . Freedom they had was because of the enslavement of others. Dominance determined the outlook for subordinance and it was dangerous because it reinforces the inequality and does not give them a right of say in their own lives. 92-93 baker midler - essay i will use in midterm exam (dominate/subordination essay) Social identity: social description of identity that is given to you without your consent.
