SOSC 1375 Lecture 3: midterm for social legal
14 Jan 2019
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Indigenous feminism is an intersectional theory and practice of feminism that focuses on decolonization and indigenous sovereignty. The focus is upon empowering indigenous women in the context of indigenous cultural values and priorities, rather than mainstream, white, patriarchal ones. Indian woman would lose her status if she married a non-indian man, however, an indian man would not lose his status if married a non-indian woman. "legislative assimilation" (palmder 2015) that begun to close in the 1960"s. Indian act made residential schools possible legalising the stripping of aboriginal youth and culture. Leading to the over representation of aboriginals who are in prison and homeless. "the law on the books" but the law on the books is not always an accurate guide to the law in action. What the law actually does has little to do with what it says. This is but one part of how legal officials actually behave.
