SOCI-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intersectionality, White South African, Racial Hygiene
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race as a classi cation scheme: historically varied, biological differences. 1700"s - 1800"s: scienti cally based: european colonialism - justi cation for expansion. Justi cation to go into other peoples lands, take resources, and oppress it. Tim wise: divide classes: poor white people and black slaves - started to connect and form relationship (have things in common) poor white people are poor just like the people in power, they get power like the wealthy do. Get access to some bene ts, some land in return to make sure they keep black slaves separate from themselves. Poor white people are still being fooled that they have more in common with the wealthy white people than the poor black people. When they have more in common with others who are poor ii. Europe & north america: white supremacy: discrimination against anyone or any group who is not considered white (white understood as the current de nition of white, eurocentrism.
