AMST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Civil Rights Act Of 1964
5 Feb 2019
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Humans collect objects to show social status and power. Objects can help us and also harm us, we are becoming dependable upon them. We try to collect objects we have personal connection to. A lot of explanation is based on poverty and wealth, one marker of identity cannot be separate from another. Girls school taught how to be a good wife and mom, boys school how to be the breadwinner, but boys school cost less. No, you are asked what race you are. Race and equities exist, it is not something that is going away. Race is a qualifier and marker of identity that cannot be erased or changed. System of oppression, those who are privileged are in power. Canary comparison, oppressed groups are the signal of whether the atmosphere is toxic, much greater insight will be understood if you look at what these groups go through.
