SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Afro, Relaxer

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He is the source of the word, african-american. Never hired at university with majority white population. Undertsanding self identity is close to experience and social circumstances. Experience of aa led to dividng experience of themselves. They are treated as individual of abstract category, not american. While they are not fully responsible, they should not veil their identity. To be american was to associate with whiteness. Whites will resent implications that they have a benefit in society. Reason white don"t feel guilty is they don"t see themselves as a racial group. They don"t believe they don"t have a cultural history. It is the norm in na to be white. White people in america have two views: 1. Aa had to cover with a veil their african heritage and culture to climb social ladder. They have been told that being african is bad so they try to hide this. Media reinforces this idea of straight hair being better.

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