Notes for WGSS Wed September 16 Differences o Sex o Race o Ethnicity o Class o Sexuality o Citizenship o Ability dominance Cultural Appropriation Practices where members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture of people who have been systematically oppressed by the dominant group o Example White people wearing Native American headdress Sexism The belief in the inherent superiority of one sex over the other establishing Radical Formation Sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created inhabited transformed and destroyed o Recognizes that race is socially constructed o Race is a fluid category that shifts considerably over time o The category race functions differently depending on histories Intersectionality An integrative perspective that emphasizes the intersection of several attributes o Examples gender race class sexuality and nation