HREQ 1920 Chapter Notes -Angela Davis, Toronto Star, Intersectionality
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People who don"t fit these narrow social constraints run a gamut of harassment and violence . Intersectionality : power relations between race, sex, gender come into play together. Solidarity is built on understanding how and why oppression exists and who profits from it! difference in our society is to built hierarchy = only for the purpose of power. Huge range of ways women and men express themselves historically but we are put into rigid boxes. 1850 among native society p 68 missionaries and colonial militaries the last paragraph. Nuclear family wasn"t the case always communal sociities instead were matrilineal inheritance would go thru girls and men would marry in unequal in capitalism . Christanity used oppression to push down lower class anything that was different from their teachings pagan dwellers were not appreciated. Angela davis : its more racist than ever now positive: groups like transverse keep coming forward. Julia serano spoken word transgendered individual cocky .