SWP 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White Supremacy, Intersectionality, Tim Wise

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 132
• Professor: Charlotte Akuoko- Barfi

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Swp 132 lecture #1: september 6, 2017: yee, j. y. (2015). International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences, social work (2nd edition). In groups of two or three, discuss your perspectives of white supremacy prior to readi(cid:374)g ju(cid:374)e yee"s arti(cid:272)le o(cid:374) white upre(cid:373)a(cid:272)y (cid:894)5(cid:373)i(cid:374)s(cid:895) In the same groups of two or three, discuss your perspectives of white supremacy after readi(cid:374)g ju(cid:374)e yee"s arti(cid:272)le o(cid:374) white upre(cid:373)a(cid:272)y (cid:894)5(cid:373)i(cid:374)s(cid:895) To understand whiteness, one must understand white supremacy: yee 2015 notes that white supremacy, neither should we just look at it only from extreme hate group such as kkk or alt-right. It is not just a belief of biological superiority of white people moments. It is not just a global phenomenon but, a personal and political one as well: this is rather a combination of 3 interpretations. Waves of studies on white supremacy: w s. b dubois, black theorists, feminist theorists.