ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Peggy Mcintosh, Skin Whitening, Plastic Surgery
20 Mar 2015
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03/10/2015: how does racism operate within various societies, racism can be, overt eg, name calling or racial slurs, embedded more subtle forms of racism that often go unnoticed as racist . More subtle forms of racism that exist in many forms of society: example of embedded racism: White privilege coined by peggy mcintosh: white privilege a form of embedded racism wherein white people are granted greater power, prestige, and/or access to resources, very subtle; often goes unnoticed. During this period, whiteness became associated with power, privilege, money. You can see this in many societies today that have been subjected to colonial rule. Brazil: cosmetic surgery is a means for acquiring status. The government will pay for some of your surgery if you are of lower status. One of the biggest things that people want to change is race (the whiter your skin, the more valued you are direct outcome of colonialism)
