Slavery, Stereotyping, and Dehumanizing Representation Flashcards
implicit bias
unconscious preferences for or against a social group
counter narrative
a narrative whose content runs counter to the content of dominant narratives on a particular subject
true womanhood
purity of women and social standards in which they are expected to abide to / it is very racialized
politics of respectability
strategies of positive representations of one’s identity group to demonstrate that the group is worthy of respect in order to beneficially influence the distribution of rights, resources, and/or power within society
william lloyd garrison
editor for Douglass
lydia childs
editor for Harriet Jacobs
abolitionist movement
movement wanting to abolish slave trade and slavery, questioned rather than inserted, planned committees, former slaves great additions
political representation
representation has effects on the people you know, and the response to this representation
politics of representation
negotiations and or struggles over the distribution of resources and/or power that take place through or in response to representation