WMST 2000 Lecture : lec 4 feb 1
2 Feb 2012
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Race - like gender, race is largely a product of oppressive social constructions y racial identities have been assigned to certain groups in order to create systems of domination y typical or stereotypical. As the concept of is a social construction, it s best understood in terms of social and political processes of rracialization, or race making Racialization is the process by which relationships, social practices, or groups come to have racial meanings in society. Different treatment or dress, music, based on race (accents) Caucasian - doesn"t actually mean skin color and white, It makes white people seem like they have a race. Its actually offensive as it is multiple races y y. Theis social fization on the veil causes neglect on more important things, such as womens rights to employment, education and the bote. Further, to focus soley on the veil, obscures how all forms of religious fundamentalism are profoundly hostile to womens rights.
