WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Patricia Hill Collins, Critical Race Theory, Finding Dawn
7 Apr 2015
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Anti racist feminist theory: critical race theory emerged in a response to feminist and civil rights movements around 1960s- 1970s: critiques traditional feminists who constructed race as one category. Page | 2: assumption that women"s experiences were universal thus ignoring individual experiences of women. November 25, 2014: interconnection of racism and sexism is key, the starting point was challenging racism instead of challenging patriarchy. From margin to center: hooks argues that the traditional feminist theory lacks wholeness and broad analysis because it has. 3: first nations women as sexually available, passive and inherently rapeable (anderson, 2013, p. National film board of canada"s finding dawn (2006) written and directed by christine welsh. It is the main road for trucks and tourists in northern british columbia. It is also the only link between dozens of small communities. Since the 1990s, at least young women have been killed along this lonely stretch of highway.
