GE CLST 20A Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Maafa, Manumission, H-1B Visa
28 Nov 2016
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Empty land (ignores the presence of indigenous peoples) a. the greatest injustice to a land based people: used in colonial period to claim land already occupied by indigenous, believed to be soulless through this idea, original concept of the inferiority of indigenous people based on religion, not race. Its inaccurate count of esselen people encouraged kroeber"s 1925 pronouncement that esselen people and culture were extinct, thus making it easierto drop us off the list of landless tribes who would benefit from a reservation. (69: government construction of what it means to be in a tribe/what a tribe is, dysconscious racism (xix, predominance of racist thought despite logical/ethical reason to believe otherwise. How does whiteness help: provide advantages to unmakred white category through, greater educational opportunities, greater access to employment through networks, profits made from housing secured in discriminatory markets d. intergenerational inherited wealth and continued racism.
