Intro to Race Flashcards
race
a system of classification that partly relies upon but is not restricted to biology, that is used to justify experiential difference in a specific time and place; is a site of contestation, race is real since it has real effects
racialization
a term used to signify the extension of racial meaning to previously racially unclassified groups relationship, social practice, or group
racial formation
the process through which American society is racialized at the micro and macro levels, the interplay between the two, which demonstrates the pervasiveness of race in all aspects of life in the US
post-racialism
the belief that we are past the time when race is a valid or useful category for social classification and/ or political
representation
an essential part of the process by which meaning is produced and exchanged between members of a culture, through language
reflective approach
meaning lies in the object, person, idea or event in the real world, reflects the true meaning
intentional approach
words mean what the author intends they should mean
constructionist approach
we construct meaning, using representational systems
discourse
the production of knowledge through language; only those in power can create discourse; it produces subject-positions / nothing can be outside the discourse
regime of truth
the types of discourses that are accepted and made functionally true, not factually true
culture
manifestation of shared conceptual maps, creates a sense of belonging to a group and historically situated
politics of representation
negotiations and/or struggles over the distribution of resources and/or power that take place through or in response to representation
circulatory system
circuit of culture and its relationship between representation, identity, production, consumption, regulation
