AAS 033B Lecture 50: AAS33B Notes Throughout the Semester
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Definition of orientalism : creating and reinforcing exoticness and differences among asians rather than similarities and commonalities with other ethnic groups. Pseudo-science of classifying people into negroid, caucasoid, mongoloid . Genetic differences within the same race likely greater than those between. Causes of racialization (orientalism: to justify brutality against the colonized people who happen to look different from, to divide and conquer poor class of colonizing force (europeans) and the all the colonizers non-white colonized people. 10,000 years ago, settling down as farmers from hunters/gatherers. Competition for land, unequal power, elite class, state formation, taxation. Nation and races artificially made by elites. China"s silk, porcelain, and tea imported to england for gold and silver. After china was defeated, chinese looked very inferior (inferior -- were lowest paid workers) The role: land distribution to african slaves, labor; provide good waged jobs, Freedmen : emancipated african slaves and political empowerment.
