ETST 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Joaquin Murrieta, Ethnic Studies
21 Apr 2016
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Lecture (race and racial formation pre-modern us history) : week 2 (t) 04/05. Review: early forms of ethnic studies, critiques from academia, student mobilization to be included in the curriculum. What is ethnic studies: what its not: superficial representations, stereotypes, Race is a concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies. (omi and winant, 1994: 55) Significance: this definition encourages us to think of race as a concept with genuine implications on peoples" lives. It is a concept that is not fixed, but rather shaped by its historical moment as well as social, economic, and political interest. White-wash , coconut : lost sense of your ethnicity/culture, you don"t act how you look . An important footnote: modern conceptions of race did not exist prior to colonization, prior conflicts and power differentiations organized around religion.
