Provide an analytical and cogent 300 – 500 words response on the assigned reading below.
The response must identify key concepts or arguments, make meaningful connections to at least two other texts or concepts or arguments assigned for the week, and employ analytical language.
Reading:
Razack, S. (2005). How is white supremacy embodied? Sexualized racial violence at Abu Ghraib. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 17(2): 341 – 363.
The violence inflicted on Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, by both male and female American and British soldiers, was very clearly sexualized. This article explores what we can learn from Abu Ghraib about how an empire is embodied and how it comes into existence through multiple systems of domination.