ENGLISH 3A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: European Canadian, White Privilege, Double Consciousness

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 3A03
• Professor: Professor Coleman

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Guest lecturer-> klyde broox, a dub poet from jamaica. Ex(cid:524) (cid:498) )t(cid:495)s only racist when white people say )t(cid:499) There is a cost to white privilege and that is-> this self awareness, and double consciousness-> an uncomfortable or off putting experience. Even though it sounds great there are stereotypes and consequences. Unaware of the privileges or (cid:498)pass(cid:499) that has been given to white people. Ex) iraq war-> us went in and (cid:498)saved(cid:499) people by shutting down their. Positive: seeing and understanding that we all get damaged by these structures. In class video (whitewashed 2013) (ow did british, scottish, etc people turn into (cid:498)white(cid:499) people? (cid:498)white(cid:499) They had to give up their european ethnics for the sake of whiteness and. Anglo conformity, assimilation to be american, not conscious or self aware as weapons of mass destruction-> even though the us is the largest nuclear site in the world.