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Presenting: Normal Life by Dean Spade, Chapter 4 - Conclusio
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Questions to Consider:
- Check out the forum!
- Consider a different "knapsack"
References
Conclusion: "This is a Protest, Not a Parade!"
Chapter 5, con't
Quote:
"The nature of the infrastructure in many social justice non-profits often leads to concentrated decision making power and pay in the hands of the people with education, race, gender, and class privilege rather than in the hands of those bearing the brunt of the systems of maldistribution" (Spade, 2015, p. 99).
Main Point: The Rise of Neoliberalism and Law Reform
Context: Neoliberalism Ideals on the Rise
Reasoning: Dependence of Social Welfare Programs
Evidence: "Filling the Gaps"
Evaluation: The Problem with Nonprofits
Main Point: Unique Needs of Trans Community
Context: This is Not Alphabet Soup!
Reasoning: Most Vulnerability
Evidence: Fighting to Exist
Evaluation: Political Possibilities
Quote:
"Contemporary political conditions terrorize and shorten the lives of trans people and threaten to subsume trans resistance. Trans people are told by legal systems, state agencies, employers, schools, and our families that we are impossible people who are not who we say we are, cannot exist, cannot be classified, and cannot fit anywhere" (Spade, 2015, p. 120).
Chapter 4: Administrating Gender
Before we begin....
Chapter 5: Law Reform and Movement Building
First things first- let's define neoliberalism!
- Who is Dean Spade?
Be sure to check out his website for more information and a wealth of resources: www.deanspade.net.
- Helpful definitions:
Cisgender
Transgender
Main Point: Classifying by Gender
Context: Negative Impact of Administrative Policies
Reasoning: Critical Look at Administrative Norms
Evidence: Deeply Harmful Effects
Evaluation: My personal Experience
Encyclopedia Brittanica defines neoliberalism as "an ideology and policy model that emphasizes the value of free market competition...often characterized in terms of its belief in sustained economic growth as the means to achieve human progress, its confidence in free markets as the most efficient allocation of resources, its emphasis on minimal state intervention in economic and social affairs, and its commitment to the freedom of trade and capital." (Neoliberalism, n.d.)
WHAT? In a nutshell...
Quote:
"the administration of gender norms impacts trans people's lives...administrative systems in general are sites of production and implementation of racism, xenophobia, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, and ableism under the guise of neutrality" (Spade, 2015, p. 73)