LS300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Stratification, Ray Rice, Homicide

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS300
• Professor: Rashmee Singh

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Formal equality gone awry (again)? (cid:862)white tude(cid:374)ts u(cid:374)io(cid:374)(cid:863) york and ryerson kids created to celebrate the western culture. Uses specific terms in order to qualify to join the group. Substantive of equality logic is lost based on forgetting the historical structure of oppression. Formal equality other non-white groups have groups, why cant they. Poster romanticizing imagery nazi-like poses, only men. Daum and ishwata: from the myth of formal equality to the politics of social justice. 2 supreme court cases: morton v. mancari (1974) & rice v. caytano (2000) Foundation of decision was how they defined native americans employment preferences for native american employees at the bureau of indian affairs (b. i. a) was not discriminatory. Authors argue that formal equality is akin to violence since it smooths over or cuts off important distinctions between people and assume a unified citizenry. Formal equality, particularly the language of rights, enables this smoothing to occur.