SOCC55H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Visible Minority
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The idea of agency the removal of agency from racialized women and they are removed. They don"t seek out any kind of counseling. Later we see the construction of angry black women that emasculates at black men. He talks about manican drive which speaks to construction of dominant having positive characteristics (loyal, friendly) and others can be seen as negative (disloyal, cold). The movie that"s so progressive still follows this drive. The construction of racialized as object of fear. it speaks to long history to racism and relating to lapd e. g. burning down of china town, la riots etc. such events are completely removed from the movie. The ways that bodies are constructed that they should have been scared of black man who had gun against. Conceptually, race becomes a system of power relations where dominant society does not fit. In relation to where to draw the line, it"s a dangerous discussion to have.
