SOC 608 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Black Feminist Thought, Bell Hooks, Plastic Surgery
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We imposed social meanings onto real/imagined physiological. White privileged european men picked traits to focus on. Skin colour was not as relevant in the past. Size/shape of peoples noses, lips, brain size, eyes and hair. They also looked at size and shape of genitalia. The answer is that this is what europeans saw. Concept of race prior to 17th century referred to religion. Race begins to have a language attached to it which is beginning. The belief that within these characteristics you were stuck. They were able to create these beliefs because they were the. You could not go beyond the capabilities embedded in your race. You are a product of your biology. There was nothing you could do to change your race. Plastic surgery was created to alter race. This was in order to give access to resources. Eyelids for asians, noses for jews (michael jackson)
