Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/nnJOK0w Looking White People in the Eye By: Sherene Razack Publisher: University of Toronto Press Print ISBN: 9780802078988, 0802078982 eText ISBN: 9781442670204, 1442670207 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 1998 Format: PDF Available from $ 34.95 USD SKU 9781442670204 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. 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.
