From: ksumner-AT-bosshog.arts.uwo.ca Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:20:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Pedantic Postcolonial Point >Someone noted, in talking about illegal immigration: >>>It also seems likely to me that someone from say, England, will not be >asked to show papers versus a Mexican.<< > >I read into this statement that "someone from England" is white, i.e. it is >the 'whiteness' that is being considered rather than place of origin. I think that this is a really interesting point, suggesting just how invisible whiteness as a racial identity continues to be even in a poco context. It's so invisible that it's not even stated - just assumed, and signified by "england." karen : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Karen Sumner Department of English University College University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 3K7 ksumner-AT-bosshog.arts.uwo.ca : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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