SOCIOL 211G Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Color Blindness
4 Dec 2017
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Political, social and economic power, as wells as symbolic power to classify one group as normal and other groups as abnormal. Whiteness system that socially, economically, and ideologically benefits european descendants over non-white. Whiteness is both system and identity important to distinguish b/w these two can be white person and fight against whiteness as system (beneficiary vs signatory) How do we combat racial inequality remember the moving hallway. Opposite of color-blindness is honesty about true nature of racial inequality (anti- racism)
