LABRST 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ableism, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Dreadlocks
14 Sep 2016
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Obvious: dressing as clans, large scale oppressors (hitler) Most often, oppression is not obvious and only visible when we consciously choose to look for it. The word oppress means to tread down, to hold back, to deny opportunity, to stop someone from getting ahead els. Aop is interested in patterns of oppression at individual, systemic and cultural lev- Systemic: when the system is designed to oppress a group. Cultural: when culture promotes the oppression of a group of people. We have to be obviously clear about what oppression is and what is not - tutu. John blumenbach believed humans are divided into five distinct races: Believed caucasians were created in god"s image and named them after the rus- sian caucasus mountains where god created them in his image. He used this as a ranking system of the five races, believing caucasians were reli- giously superior.
