"How human beings relate to stories is really important to understanding how we develop ourselves and our politics. And according to feminist film theory... women automatically assume a male subject position when they encounter narratives... The protagonist will be a man and I will watch that movie without feeling alienated because as an other I am totally conditioned to taking on his worldview. And then I will see the woman in the movie as myself too and I will have a split, dual experience. I'm subject and I'm other."

Feminist Film Theory

Why does racism persist more than fifty years after the passage of Civil Rights Legislation?  Why do people have different understandings of what racism is?  With Charlottesville and other examples of open racial bigotry, can we assume that white nationalism is on the rise? In-depth knowledge on different forms of racism and how contemporary racism is manifest in subtle ways.

Think Olio

Ahistorical Fallacy & Fixed Fallacy

Why does racism persist more than fifty years after the passage of Civil Rights Legislation?  Why do people have different understandings of what racism is?  With Charlottesville and other examples of open racial bigotry, can we assume that white nationalism is on the rise?

Tokenistic Fallacy

Legalistic Fallacy

Individualistic Fallacy

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