GEOG 2UI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Iris Marion Young, Visible Minority, Eurocentrism
11 Dec 2019
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Whiteness" is effectively invisible in a white, euro-centric, judeo- Christian society: other people are racialized": their skin colour marks them out as. Deviant" from the norm: ethnic enclaves, definition: a part of a city where 30% or more of the population is a visible minority, 1981: only six in canada. Institutionalized uselessness (e. g. , isolated older people: unemployment, underemployment, poverty. Powerlessness: low status in one"s workplace, always taking orders, being denied authority, pride, autonomy in one"s work, lack of meaningful social contribution. Inuit, metis and first nations people: original inhabitants of places like us, canada, australia and new. Zealand, etc. and their descendants: young and fast-growing population, higher fertility rates. Institutional racism: unsettled disputes, ongoing development, auckland, nz, historic land (ng ti wh tua r kei) dispossession, communal to private ownership, displacement; colonial legal systems, ng ti wh tua r kei trust and community-driven development.
