Week 5 Flashcards
What does the movie “Sisters in the Struggle” present to the viewer?
This movie demonstrates women of colour discussing how they feel excluded from the mainstream feminist movement
What are the two aspects that are portrayed within the movie?
Intersectionality and socialist feminism
Why did Crenshaw develop intersectionality?
Crenshaw began developing her theory from her observation of judges and how they viewed defendants in a very one-dimensional way
How do socialist feminists use intersectionality?
For socialist feminists they look at gender, sexuality, class, and ethnicity/race. The women in the movie discuss how it is difficult to view oneself in a one-dimensional way as various aspects of their identity affect their lives and cannot be separated into different categories
How does the movie present Weber’s micro theory of trying to understand people’s personal experiences with feminism?
It is a subjective understanding i.e. using the sociological imagination (C. Wright Mills) in order to look at something in a multidimensional way. The women in the movie discuss their experience with racism, sexism, and the two in combination
What is “polite racism”?
A subtle form of racism where these aggressions are not necessarily overt
What does Rosemary Brown mean when she says that there is “no choice” for black women?
The quest for equal pay/entering the workforce was a white feminist movement but for black women there was no choice for them but to work. This brings in the class issue as it was mostly poor black women who were going to work as well as single parent families who had to work
What is the 1955 domestic workers scheme?
This was a program that was created in order to fill gaps within the Canadian workforce. It targeted specifically single, childless black women for a temporary amount of time so that they could then send them back. They could not come if they had children and they could not come if they were married
What is race in terms of sociology?
It is an empty word in the sense that there are no individual races. ‘Black’ and ‘white’ have no meaning and are used mostly to denote ‘evil’ and ‘good’. However race still plays a very important role in our society. It is used to define people based on physical characteristics such as skin colour, facial traits, etc. and then from there assumptions are made about people’s intelligence, skills, etc.
What is racialization?
Racialization is when a group is politicized. There is a power issue in racialization as it strips away whatever power the racialized had by way of applying stereotypes, etc. on them to remove said power
What is restorative justice?
The idea of allowing a criminal to remain within their community and pay back for what they’ve done by way of doing community service, etc.
What is multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism is the idea that each culture is equal to practice their cultural traditions within a bilingual framework of french and english
Why is multiculturalism seen as harmful?
Multiculturalism is seen or can be seen as a ploy by the Canadian government to keep people in their separate groups, causing them to look away from what really concerns them such as racism, cost of education, poverty, sexism, etc.
What is the “woman’s place”
- Across cultures we can see that women are there to serve. It is seen as a cultural universal and therefore allows for the mysoginistic rhetoric that it is natural that women are inferior to men
