SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Authoritarian Personality, Collegehumor, Symbolic Interactionism
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Peggy mcintosh: understanding white privilege, peggy (cid:449)rote, (cid:862)u(cid:374)pa(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g the i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le k(cid:374)apsa(cid:272)k, (cid:1005)99(cid:1004)(cid:863, reflects: what is it about whiteness, (cid:862)u(cid:374)ear(cid:374)ed ski(cid:374) pri(cid:448)ilege(cid:863, ability to move through the world, you do not notice your privilege, ex. Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. It is uneven, open/closes doors depending on the colour of your skin. Ruth frankenberg: a position of structural advantage, a standpoint, a set of indivisible cultural practices. Race: a group with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group. Race: myth & reality: skin, hair, eye colour, are arbitrary, the categories we use change over time. Ethnic groups identify themselves on the basis of common ancestry and cultural heritage. Ethnic work: refer to the way people construct their ethnicity from clothing, food, language and the way people practice religion and have holidays.
