SOCB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eurocentrism, Murder Of Reena Virk, Hijab
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Kelly reena burke young south asian woman who was killed. Trial looking at the themes of the trial. Race and gender violence & how class is playing a role. If we focus on it as girl on girl violence, she says if we frame it this way, we miss a large part of the picture media good girls gone bad. We miss tht its racialized violence reena south asian was relevant but not brought up police said that couldn"t have been relevant attack involved women of colour. Bhat argued- women of colour could partake in it - could be used to show superiority. Interlocking systems abt hierarchy within a group, patriarchy in society, race & class hierarchies mong them kelly whiddle class , reena virk felt tht. Confusing: evidence in the case there was big argument w. regards to victims picture terrible.
