WMST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Jim Crow Laws, Condoleezza Rice
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Policies that limited the chances of african americans to vote. Women given the right to vote (but not all ) First african american women considered to be a nominee for the largest. Descriptive representation: idea that elected representative reflect the people"s identities. Reflecting the identities of those they represent. Substantive representation- have representatives that actually represent your interests. Advocate and advance the interests of those they reflect. (descriptive representation is in a way correlative with this ^) Critique is not one women can represent all. Symbolic representative -elected representatives in democracy serve as role models. Important to see people who look like you. Prohibits against discrimination in any federally funded schools. Equal opportunity for all genders in schools. Laws and policies can assume and reinforce social construction of gender, race, sexuality and thus reinforce inequality. Not in active combat or given military status.
