WGST 1808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: American Indian Movement, Indian Civil Rights Act Of 1968, Stonewall Riots

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Aalya Ahmad

Document Summary

Makes us feel good to think that things are not as bad for women & other marginalized groups as they were in the past. Reluctance to link feminism to social justice issues is based on negative stereotypes of feminists that dominate popular culture. Us gov"t preoccupied w/ cold war & defeating the soviet union: anti-war & peace movements were visible and local, movement for civil rights . Martin luther king jr. & malcolm x. White supremacy: the belief that white people are superior to all others, which has resulted in the systemic privileging of white people. Civil rights act of 1964 made racial segregation illegal & prohibited discrimination on the basis of race * making discrimination illegal does not mean that racism ceases to operate. Exclusionary practices in canada relied extensively on unwritten conventions & social attitudes rather than formal legal structures as in the us. Underground railroad brought many black people to canada from the us.