GRSJ 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Leila Ahmed, Neoliberalism, Telling Stories
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Mestiza feminists --> transform institutional practices so that they will represent ethnic people against racist and heterosexual violence. Women of color + working class people --> root of. Mixed blood --> redefines diversity (not just one race, but multiple races) Us has an identity crisis --> since mestiza"s are going against the euro-anglo institution that is traditional. Colonized (this is when she is continuously stepped upon for her beliefs) "border" ("them" to "us"), they are suffering from an. Mestizaje: border inscriptions which draw on a combination of cultural values and traditions that show how certain kinds of knowledge have been conquered and colonized (e. g. multicultural text) "discovery" theory --> the us is just focusing on how they discovered minorities, and scarce representation of indians. Los ojos (seeing and understanding from multiple perspectives) + la lengua (speech, breaking the silence by talking/communicating) + writing (talking bilingually) We need to act (not enough to just speak about it)