DST 614 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Ethnocentrism, Racialization, Bell Hooks

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DST 614
• Professor: de

Document Summary

Dubois predicted that the problem of the 21st century would be the problem of the color line. Rattansi believes conflicts between geo-cultural groups have been impactful on history and that combinations of ethnic, linguistic and religious boundaries have played an integral role in creating prejudice and hostility. Each culturally and geographically bounded groups sees the world and others through their own ethnocentric frame. There is an explosion of re-inventing identities people trying to be modernized and seek the state of belonging attempt to show loyalty by supporting cultures beyond traditional ties. Racializing identities will be used to implement traditional cultural loyalty. Progressive nationalism is possible but some countries are fighting to keep their white identity laws against racialized discrimination have to define who can be accepted as belonging to a certain race. Categories on census force one to choose a culture. Conclusion two paradoxes nationalism and common sense racial classification backlash of racism prejudice and hostility conflict between geo-cultural groups.