"Gender norms so often remain predicated on an unremarkable whiteness."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Sara Ahmed, “An Affinity of Hammers,” Transgender Studies Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1–2, May 2016, p. 22.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Whiteness_studies
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Whiteness studies
6 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Whiteness studies →
Related Quotes
"Perspectives of whiteness echo, largely unacknowledged, through transgender theorizing."
"The universal body of the human without a race is already de facto occupied by the unmarked white body in narratives …"
"Whiteness stands in as a universal in canonical theorizing on gender and sexuality."
"The justification and maintenance of a slave economy required the construction and defense of an elaborate cultural s…"
"With the rise of color-blind racial ideology, many people stopped using overtly racial language, but the culture into…"
"The conventional, dated, old ways of thinking will not be able to address the challenges of climate change."
"We're the descendants of enslavement and colonization, we are people who come from people who've always honored Mothe…"
"When I first came into the environmental justice movement, it felt very patriarchal. And it felt patriarchal coming f…"
"It's really important that the movement be intergenerational."
"Another example of green colonialism is what happens to a community when you have invested in environmental amenities…"