GWST 2513 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: African-American Culture, Indian Act, Empowered
2 Dec 2017
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The real reason women fall behind in their careers husbands; harvard study. Five as: agency, authority, autonomy, authenticity and advocacy/activism. Calls into question the terminology and methodology feminist have traditionally use to talk about mothering. Mothering site of empowerment for black mothers. Mothers/mothering are valuable and central to african american culture. Mothers and mothering are what make possible the physical and psychological well-being empowerment of people and the larger african american culture. Motherhood and social activism and a site of power. Nurturance as social activism and a site of power. Purpose of residential schools were to take the indian out of the indian. Assimilate native woman to white mothering styles and men to labour. Fashioning indians into the fashion of white euro style. Native women act like white women and native men act like white men. Tried to redomesticate native women to good mothers. Also discriminating them, so they can never become like them again.
