Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g18MAIu14835; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 17:10:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 17:10:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <146.92a37eb.2995a62d@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2010] Re: caste X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 1284 Lines: 35 Andrea: Of course you are the majority. I am not using the term in its literal term (reference to numbers) but as a sociological construct. A definition of minority is a group that because of physical or cultural characteristics, is treated differently from the dominant group, and this treatment may result in unequal access to things. Hegemony determines which groups are or aren't minorities. So, even though there are more women than men, women as a group may be treated different from the dominant group and may have unequal access to things. Of course, within women, and other groups there are different groups affected differently. This is what I was interested in exploring. For example, black women as a group may be treated different from white women as a group. Also, white women, depending on class, may also be treated differently. For example, bell hooks says that she is a woman, but, in some contexts, color defines her status more than gender. Andres >>> AWilder106@aol.com 02/08/02 08:59AM >>> Neither. We are a majority. I am rather touchy on this point. Andrea In a message dated Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:01:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, AWilder106@aol.com writes: > Neither. We are a majority. I am rather touchy on this point. > > Andrea
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