SOSC 1502 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Racialization, Intersectionality

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1502
• Professor: Alison Crosby

Document Summary

Colonization: stripped of land, that creates spatial segregation. This other is based on race and gender. Spatial segregation: racialization of space, certain cultures and ethnicities in certain areas i. e. It is a geographical separation of the colonizer (white man) and the colonized (the other) through state policies. Colonization is a key component in spatial segregation. Pamela george"s history and geography is what judged in her murder trial, because of what she did for a living (prostitution) she was in a specific area where prostitution takes place. You would have never found pamela george in a rich part of town. Nation-state: the fusing of identity (nation) and authority (state). Both the nation and state have the same perspective thus creating a stable political system. The expression nation-state camouflages the partial overlap between the boundaries of hegemonic national collectivity and the citizens of the state.