May 2012
“Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The... →
Imperial Gaze & Male Gaze →
dufflecoatarmy:
E. Ann Kaplan has introduced the post-colonial concept of the imperial gaze, in which the observed find themselves defined in terms of the privileged observer’s own set of value-preferences. From the perspective of the colonised, the imperial gaze infantilizes and trivializes what it falls upon, asserting its command and ordering function as it does so. Kaplan comments: “The...
Racism in America’s police force is linked to their role as keepers of the...
– ‘They Think We Are Animals’: How America’s Police State Controls Black People | Nick Powers - Alternet (via newwavefeminism)