English 2017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nicki Minaj, Death Of Eric Garner, Hilary Swank

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Lecture 37 critical race theory i: the body that matters. Race: (cid:862)a(cid:374) eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) g(cid:396)oup, (cid:396)ega(cid:396)ded as sho(cid:449)i(cid:374)g a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) o(cid:396)igi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t; a t(cid:396)i(cid:271)e, (cid:374)atio(cid:374), o(cid:396) people, regarded as of common stock. In early use freq. with modifying adjective, as in british race, roman race, et(cid:272). (cid:863) (cid:894)oed(cid:895) (cid:862)whe(cid:374) it fi(cid:396)st appea(cid:396)ed i(cid:374) e(cid:374)glish a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d the (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of the (cid:1005)(cid:1010)th ce(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455), the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:858)(cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:859) had a fairly neutral meaning, referring simple to different kinds of people or things. By the late 18th century, the term was increasingly used to designate fixed, biological, and hierarchical differences between people. It became, i(cid:374) othe(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds, (cid:272)aught up i(cid:374) the (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) of po(cid:449)e(cid:396). (cid:863) o(cid:859)b(cid:396)ie(cid:374) & ze(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1006)(cid:1006) As a social discourse that pop culture mediates. Points out how much the concept of race is not based on anything empirical. Concept of the british race does not exist anymore; they are now considerer to be nationalities.

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