The Racial Hierarchy of MASKulinity, with Dr. Liu - Part 1 ENCORE
Throwback Thursday part 1! OK, it’s been a while since we've said that too… We are running back the “Racial Hierarchy” episodes for your .edu earphone pleasure. The acclaimed Dr. Liu joins us and breaks down white supremacy, how language changes to suit it, and how it’s all systematized. This is a jam-packed episode; no notes can do it justice!We unmask how white supremacy and masculinity are inextricably linked, and how BIPOC men’s identities and lives are policed according to white masculinity, which, though undefined, is considered the standard.Get ready to hear how class impacts our racial and racist hierarchy in the US and how that presents specific challenges for men of color and notions of manhood.We talk through how this racial hierarchy of maskulinity translates to racist harassment and how both white men and women play the lead in perpetuating supremacy.You get some important definitions this episode, including intersectionality and how it’s changed over time, white supremacy, white privilege. What is hegemony, again? Dr. Liu covers it all.
COMPANION PIECES:
Relevant episodes
Referenced in this episode
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by by Peggy McIntoshDemarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A black Feminist Critique of Anti-discrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberlé Crenshaw
OUR GUEST THIS WEEK:
Dr. William Ming Liu
William Ming Liu, PhD., is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Department Chair at the University of Maryland. His research interests are in social class and classism, men and masculinity, and White supremacy and privilege. He has received leadership awards from the Committee on Socioeconomic Status (APA), The Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (Division 45 of APA), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (Division 51 of APA).