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Colonialism:

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  • a process whereby the metropole establishes unequal social, economic, and cultural relations with another territory, now called a colony
  • it involves large movement of people and resources from the metropole to the colony for purposes of governing and extracting resources/wealth
2
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As globalization spread, encounters with exotic others often led to one of two responses:

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  • romanticization

- subjugation

3
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Romanticization:

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‘aren’t they cute and quaint, let’s save them’

4
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Subjugation:

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‘they don’t know any better, so let’s make them work for us for free’

5
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____ and ____ were avenues through which colonization was enacted.

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  • sport

- leisure

6
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Postcolonialism:

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  • a process and a state of gaining independence

- legacy remains

7
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How does colonialism turn into settler colonialism?

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  • settlers seek out a new and better life in the colony
  • Canada becomes British in its institutions
  • as Canada evolves, it eventually seeks independence
  • after independence, a postcolonial phase is entered, but all the British institutions continue
  • these institutions promote the idea that Canada is multicultural country
  • this is how multicultural becomes a racist concept
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_____ reinforces the distinction between colony and metropole. ____ ____ erases it.

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  • colonialism

- settler colonialism

9
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Heteronormativity:

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the assumption that is right, correct, and natural for males to be attracted to females and v.v.

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Homonormativity:

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  • does the same for non-heterosexual individuals

- there’s a right way to be gay (or lesbian, etc.)

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Underlying concepts of heteronormativity and homonormativity are _____ view.

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neoliberal/capitalist

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Homonormativity refers to a _____, ______ politics that does not contest dominant _____ forms but upholds and sustains them.

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  • white
  • neoliberal
  • heteronormative
13
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Homonationalism:

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  • supporting Canada often means purchasing merchandise (the first Gay House was started to boost tourism business)
  • supporting Canada at the Olympics was another expression of nationalism
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Settler homonationalism:

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  • all non-indigenous subjects in Canada are crafted with a colonial context
  • concepts such as multiculturalism contain within them racist, capitalist, and colonialist underpinnings
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Explain how people claim that Olympics were on stolen land:

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  • seeking freedom of culture, life, and heritage
  • unceded land: “we never gave up our land to any type of foreign government”
  • land is being invaded and occupied by other people
  • linking crime, poverty, drugs and prostitution in downtown Vancouver with sports in general and Olympics
  • as more land is cleared for sports, more Native people get displaced
  • Sport is producing indigenous homelessness and poverty and crime
16
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Settler homonationalism is a collaboration of:

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  • capitalism
  • nationalism
  • settler colonialism
  • homonormativity
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Settler homonationalism: be the right kind of gay (_____) by buying (_____) merchandise and tickets to support your country (____) without knowing or caring about Indigenous issues (____).

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  • homonormative
  • capitalism
  • nationalism
  • settler colonialism