POLS 4185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gag Order, Identity Politics, Intersectionality
19 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Race and Gender
Intersectionality
Problems with identity politics – ignoring intra-group differences
Intersectionality: multiple grounds of identity
Race, gender and class are implicated together
Women of colour in particular: class is not independent from race and gender –
socio-economic factors, not just psychological factors
Intersectional (multiple) subordination
Immigration women
Resources are mostly for the need that are largely white and middle-class
Political intersectionality
Political gag order about domestic violence in communities of colour
Black on black violence
Asian communities, too
Domestic violence is not exclusive to minority households
Women of colour reluctant to report to the police
Representation of abused women on TV
Shelter services
The central park rape vs. everyday rape
Prison terms
Sexualized images of African Americans and black women in particular
(devaluation of black women)
Rapes of black women by white men – an assault on black manhood
Social science views racism primarily in terms of inequality between men
Inequality in legal protections between white and black female victims
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Document Summary
Problems with identity politics ignoring intra-group differences. Race, gender and class are implicated together. Women of colour in particular: class is not independent from race and gender socio-economic factors, not just psychological factors. Resources are mostly for the need that are largely white and middle-class. Political gag order about domestic violence in communities of colour. Domestic violence is not exclusive to minority households. Women of colour reluctant to report to the police. The central park rape vs. everyday rape. Sexualized images of african americans and black women in particular (devaluation of black women) Rapes of black women by white men an assault on black manhood. Social science views racism primarily in terms of inequality between men.
