SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: An American Dilemma, Essentialism, Heredity
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Dubois: born in 1868, wrote of our spiritual strivings in 1903 as a chapter in his book the souls of black folk . When a shooting happen, people speak about bodies. When there is a claim of terrorism, there might be an idea of what the person look like. Seen as a reflection of a larger group of people. The exchange was merry, till one girl, a tall newcomer, refused my card,-refused it peremptorily, with a glance. A sense that judgments are made based on essentialist understandings. Combination of how i see myself and how others see me. Had not votes made war and emancipated millions? (p. 7): little change occurred however as the voting choices were limited to those with the capital to receive nominations and their goals did not mesh well with radicalized peoples. ~ second decade: academics, theorizing one"s experience.