AHSS*1130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Exponentiation, Heteropatriarchy, Participant Observation
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Definition: the idea that europe is the center of the world. This gives the impression that there is a binary between the west and the rest and that the. Whites are at the top of the social hierarchy. Makes us fear the other such as with islamophobia gives some individuals privilege not allowed to others gives reason for scientific racism. Problematic view of eurocentric ideas. some examples would include. (definition) Amina mire"s article on skin bleaching where women feel they need to look white in order to be successful. Ruth hubbard"s article on race and sex and that they are not binary. We have religion and they have superstitions which is causing hierarchy. Definition: a eugenic campaign for racial purity that exemplified the. Forced the sterilization of the unfit including those of colour and poor whites. The family contests in which were a popular form of eugenics education in the 1920s.
