NEW240Y1 Lecture 2: NEW240Lecture2-Sept.29
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Articles for the assignment choose 1 article from the readings for sept. 22- nov. 3. Categories like gender & race have been constructed, have a particular history, and they evolve over time. How differences in power have been interpreted as the natural outcome of. That terms such as (cid:498)race(cid:499) and the concept of (cid:498)normalcy(cid:499) are relatively recent. How science has been used to construct inequities/challenge inequities inventions and have changed over time biological differences. Privilege that comes w/ social quality of class i. e. having privilege as a white woman. Categories can be forms of discrimination but they are also points of privilege. Taught to see racism in individual mean actions, not in invisible systems i. e. flesh coloured band-aids matching skin. Don"t need to check if a restaurant is accessible. ^these are invisible systems of dominance, take them for granted. Introduced in 1508 i. e. looked at race in isolation. Want to see how race intersects with other factors (i. e. gender, class)
