SOC 2114 Lecture 4: Week 4.docx
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Juan"s problematization of diversity management in the us. Sources of difference/discrimination (historical roots of cultural diversity and diversity management strategies. Argument: racial polity is a factor of racism, identity ppolitics, ethnic studies and multiculturalist problematic". Possessive investment in whiteness - a selfish way of protecting the white image. Post 9/11 diversity management: national security and the usa patriot act: racial profiling, deportation, torture and detention, new exclusion/inclusion strategies, redefinition of citizenship, suspension of constitutional right. A neglect of: guantanamo detainees, abuse of abu ghraib prisoners. Sources of difference/discrimination: conquest, colonialism, displacement of aboriginal people from their land, slavery, racial segregation, subordination of asian labour, xenophobia. There was a collapse of the soviet union and significance of culture wars" (a clash of civilizations). The outcome of discrimination: exploitation and proletarianization (creating of surplus value, suppression/control, conflict between privileged whites and marginalized moslems. Conflicting views (conservatives and liberals: conservatives resist change, other co-opt groups through addition without definition (e. g. europe excludes.
