SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Color Blindness, The New Jim Crow, Collegehumor
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Race is socially constructed, in part by law. Racism is central to western society, so the law is never really colourblind. An analyses of race, racism and law should prioritize the perspectives and experiences of people of colour. Critical race theorists state that rights discourse merely legitimized inequality, critical race theorists acknowledged that rights discourse has a role in both maintaining inequality and remedying it. We need to reject the notion of colourblindness. We need to understand the duality of law: recognizing both its contribution to the subordination of racialized people, and its transformative power. It"s the belief that as a society we have moved beyond racism. Laws do not have racial discrimination explicitly written into them. This portrayal limits our understanding of the modern day relevance of history and how often subtle systemic biases and stereotyping occurs, and the consequences this has for people"s opportunities and social membership o.
