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All the Feels (Systematic Oppression** (bell hooks, “Representations of…
All the Feels
Systematic Oppression**
bell hooks, “Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination”
Acknowledges how African American's thoughts on white's during times of slavery were used to justify and cope with power dynamic
Hooks explains that systems of how historical and modern forms of colonialism and racism have taught the black man to think and act like their white counterparts.
Silvan Tomkins, excerpt from Shame and Its Sisters
"“If an individual is haunted with a chronic sense of shame for sexual exploration, then the idea of power becomes necessarily tied to the violation of the constraints which originated the taboo"( Tomkins138)
Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
Explores the undesirable social criticism towards Chicano people speaking their native language and the effects this has in their ability to culturally identify and assimilate
Audre Lorde, “Poetry is Not a Luxury”
Defines poetry as an essential to women rather than a leisure activity. Lorde identifies poetry as a medium for woman to express future hopes, and eventually transform these thoughts into action against the tyranny of a patriarchal society
Jordan Peele, "Get Out"
Peele depicts the problem with white progressives and points out that their outward acceptance of the black culture belies the “beneath the surface” racism. The picture from the scene of Chris' auction highlights the continued oppression of African American's in white society.
Jose Esteban Munoz, Cruising Utopia excerpt
Inspires to break current social stigmas on the LGBQ by describing a future society shaped by circumstances of the past.
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Anger
Martha Nussbaum, “Beyond Anger”
Argues that irrational actions taken as a result of anger in the face of wrongs and injustices are ineffective and morally wrong
Amia Srinivasan, “The Aptness of Anger” excerpt
In regards to the debate of of the role that anger plays in politics, Srinivasan advocates for the complete removal of the emotion when debating its effectiveness in resulting change
"There is more to anger, normative speaking, than its effects. For any instance of counterproductive anger we might still ask: is it the fitting response to the way the world is? Is the anger, however unproductive, nonetheless apt?” (Sriinivasan 95)
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Deborah Gould, "Moving Politics" excerpt
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Anna Deveare Smith, "Twilight, Los Angeles"
- Inner-city blacks and Latinos are consumed by hatred directed towards the LAPD over mistreatment of minority groups
- Theresa Allison calls "the hands of our enemy, the unjust system."
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Gran Fury Selected Works
"Towards the End we talked about doing something about the fact that after nearly ten years of AIDS awareness the infection rates for gay men were still going up (...) our ways of working was in adequate to the situation (...) it was the result of frustration with our inability to find a means to continue working (Fury 152)"
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Racial Melancholia
Sigmund Freud, “Mourning and Melancholia”
-Freud makes distinctions between melancholia derived from loss and death (mourning) and melancholia and depression itself.
"Ego Ideal"
- Melancholia focuses on emotions by the individual, on the individual
- Loss can start with abandonment or detachment due to actions of a loved one, leaving individual feeling rejected. This can shift outward anger, inwards, and now ego itself can be subjected of hatred and anger. In extreme cases this can lead to self harm.
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Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Most apparent in analyzing interracial relationships to challenge whiteness in America
"Are you missing Chris?” She nodded, and I saw tears begin to force themselves between her lashes. “Then pretend,” I said, “pretend I am him.” I do not know why I said it; I felt overcome and it seemed, suddenly, a possible way forward" (Hamid 105).
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David Eng and Shinhee Han, “A Dialogue on Racial Melancholia” excerpt
"For Asian Americans and other groups of colors, suspended assimilation into mainstream culture not only may involve severe personal consequences; ultimately, it also constitutes the foundations for a type of national melancholia, a national haunting, with negative social effects" (Eng 28,29).
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Sara Ahmed, “The Affective Politics of Fear”*
"the fear of the black man”
“Middle Eastern, Arab, or Muslim (...) could be terrorists"
Emphasizes that fears derived from stereotypes limits production from judged individuals, and can cause extreme shame
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