Looking white people in the eye
Subtitle: gender, race, and culture in courtrooms and classrooms
By: Sherene H. Razack.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Minority women -- Canada; Racism -- Canada; Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Canada; Sex discrimination in education -- Canada; Sex discrimination in criminal justice system -- Canada; Femmes issues des minorités -- Canada; Racisme -- Canada; Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- Droit -- Canada
Description: In this book Sherene Razack explores what happens when whites look at non-whites, and in particular at non-white women. Many studies examining this encounter between dominant and subordinate groups focus on how it occurs in films, books, and popular culture. In contrast, Razack addresses how non-white women are viewed, and how they must respond, in classrooms and courtrooms.

Examining the discussion of equity issues in the classroom and immigration and sexual violence cases in the courtroom, she argues that non-white women must often present themselves as culturally different instead of oppressed. Seen as victims of their own oppressive culture who must be pitied and rescued by white men and women, non-white women cannot then be seen as subjects. This book makes clear why we must be wary of educational and legal strategies that begin with saving 'Other' women.

It offers powerful arguments for why it is important to examine who are the saviours and who are the saved, and what we must do to disrupt these historical relations of power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.