SOCI 10100 Lecture 13: Sociology – Campus Climate
22 Jan 2016
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Blue skies and the savage : was it really racist, was it because she"s a woman, was it because he"s an asshole, the point is not the intention, it is the action. Burch acting in a colorblind manner may not have meant to insult her but in ignoring the history of the word, it"s still a racist action. The problem lies in disregard for learning her name, while he learned everyone else"s. Hierarchies were operating to make it easier for. Burch to call her a savage rather than her name. Hierarchies perpetuate to make something in the past more accessible to someone in the present. This makes it more likely that the black woman will be called a savage.
