GWSS 257 Chapter Why Race Class and Gender Still Matter : Why Race Class and Gender Still Matter

• School: UW
• Department: Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: GWSS 257
• Professor: Ann E.Culligan

Document Summary

Race, class and gender matter because they continue to structure society in ways that value some lives more than others. Asking students to think about race, class, and gender, as systems of power. The study of racial and ethnic groups begins by learning the diverse histories and experiences of these groups. Thinking about race class and gender is not just a matter of studying victims. Why reconstructing knowledge about excluded groups matters. Learning about other groups helps you realize the partiality of your own perspective. Having misleading and incorrect knowledge leads to the formation of bad social policy. Knowledge provides an orientation to the world. Race class and gender as a matrix of domination. How they operate together in people"s lives. They are intersecting categories that affect all aspects of human life. A matrix of domination sees social structure as having multiple, interlocking levels of domination that stem from the societal configuration of race, class, and gender relations.