SOC 608 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Black Feminist Thought, Whiteness Studies, Social Forces

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 608
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

Anti racism feminism: history of the canadian state, anti racist feminist approaches, anti racist feminism and democratic racism, from black feminist thought to anti racism feminism, critical whiteness studies, history of the canadian state and racism. Canada was built on racism just like the us was. Champlain showed up in 1608 and established the first establishment in canada. Cha(cid:373)plai(cid:374) did(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) to do anything himself. Champlain brought his personal assistant was black and had to do everything for him because. In the canadian context the first black person came in 1608 he had no life skills. They tried to enslave the indigenous population that was already here in 1608 instead of black people (called penny) The i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous people (cid:449)ould fight (cid:271)a(cid:272)k (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) o(cid:271)(cid:448)iousl(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t like (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g e(cid:374)sla(cid:448)ed. The(cid:455) (cid:449)ere highl(cid:455) sus(cid:272)epti(cid:271)le to europea(cid:374) disease a(cid:374)d those that did(cid:374)"t die fro(cid:373) disease killed themselves rather than being enslaved their entire lives.