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Looking White People In The Eye : Gender Race And Culture Incourtrooms And Classrooms
Paperback Edition: 1
In this book Sherene Razack explores what happens when whites look at non-whites, and in particular at non-white women. Most studies examining this encounter between dominant and subordinate groups focus on how it occurs in films, books, and popular culture. In contrast, Razack addresses how
non-white women are viewed, and how they must respond, in classrooms and courtrooms.
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Examining the discussion of equity issues in the classroom and immigration and sexual violence cases in the courtroom, she argues that non-white women must often present themselves as culturally different instead of oppressed. Seen as victims of their own oppressive culture who must be pitied and rescued by white men and women, non-white women cannot then be seen as subjects. This book makes clear why we must be wary of educational and legal strategies that begin with saving 'Other' women. It offers powerful arguments for why it is important to examine who are the saviours and who are the saved, and what we must do to disrupt these historical relations of power.
Pages : 272
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Publication date : 1998-04-25
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Discrimination & Inequality