Racism imagery representation of people along racial lines
Last updated: 2/3/2024
Racism imagery representation of people along racial lines Normativity Hegemony or cultural hegemony both terms refer to the norm that which is considered the standard version of something in a given cultural context Hegemony is prevalent because it helps human beings make sense of the world Hegemonic norms examples gender male sexuality race religion christianity According to Dyer whiteness is the racial norm in the West As long as race is something only applied to non white peoples as long as white people are not racially seen and names they we function as a human norm Other people are raced we are just people p 10 Only those in the position of the norm that get to speak for the rest and for humanity The claim to power is the claim to speak for the commonality of humanity Raced people can t do that they can only speak for they race p 10 Example Hunger Game fans upset that character of Rue is black Little Mermaid Director on Racist Backlash It Feels So Small Minded A Call to White People It s important to study whiteness Name whiteness be okay talking about your own race His use of They we in writing does this It is part of the goal of ending racism We may be on our way to genuine hybridity multiplicity without white hegemony and it maybe pron t there yot and we won t get there until we see whiteness