COMS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Critical Race Theory, Racialization, Intersectionality
6 May 2016
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Critical race theory is a theory interested in studying and transforming the relationship between race, racism, and power. Critical race theory is a deliberately activist theory, interested not only in understanding our social situation, but also in transforming it for the better. Key concepts: racism is ordinary, not aberrational (outside the norm, different) Has been experienced directly by people of colour. Shouldn"t look at it as something we fixed and doesn"t exist, it still happens: there are clear reasons for racism in our society- there are people who. Draws or attention to how people of an ethnic majority receive benefits (economically, socially, privilege positions) If someone is being held back someone is also advancing: race is a social construction, not an objective, inherent, or fixed category. As society we"ve attached expectations and beliefs to a set of physical markers (skin colour, eye shape, etc. ) Middle eastern people= nervous when on planes with them, terrorists, etc.
