POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Anti-Imperialism, Nonviolent Resistance, The New Jim Crow
6 Sep 2016
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Often allied with other ideological approaches (e. g. liberalism, socialism, nationalism, feminism) Affinity of race with culture, ethnicity and nation. Concept of race as historical emerged in english language in 1700s. By 1800s, the concept was being used scientifically . Race as social construct based on perceived phenotypical differences. Power of the dominant group to define what this mean. The view that intelligence, character, physical prowess, beauty, and political views are a consequence of race. Presumption that differences are innate and race-based (not a consequence of cultural differences, socialization, social treatment, etc. ) Linked to fear of foreign cultural practices, and fear that others pose a threat to one"s own beliefs, values, culture. Includes beliefs and practices at the individual, group, national level (slavery, holocaust, Beliefs in one"s own racial and cultural superiority. Mistrust, fear, hatred of others based on stereotypes, prejudices, beliefs. Actions (like violence, discrimination, etc. ) based on those beliefs.
