CT355 Lecture 4: Oct. 6 Lecture
12 Feb 2016
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The social construction of whiteness: racism by intent, racism by. American society, through political, cultural and social norms. Racism by intent: operates at the individual level. Author examines the extent in which it produces conflict. Racism by consequent: operates at macro level, not recognized at an institutional believe. Race and whiteness are guided by the social meanings that are given to them in society. Talks of berger and luckmann"s thesis on social construction. Black and white people, understood racial rules that ordered daily routines. Social actors do the defining of race and whiteness. Three structures in social systems: signification, domination, legitimation. Focus too much time aligning racism with all the negatives we often forget about our own consequences. Bases article on theories through social research conducted by others. Uses other peoples theories to analyze the emergence of whiteness in american culture. Whiteness, class and the legacies of empire: on home ground.
