Fahad alabrahim
AIS 460
Response # 3
Review:
This week we were assigned to read and give a review about two essays. The first one tackles the subject of rape against Native women. Sarah Deer, whom, through her works, advocates for the safety of Native Americans in general, and Native women specifically, wrote the article. She condemns domestic violence and sexual assault against native women.
Her essay contains a number of fact regarding rape and sexual violence in the United States. For example, she stated that Native women suffer from sexual violence more than any other ethnic group in the United States (page 150). She also mentions that the tribal justice system have neither the legal nor the financial capabilities to handle such crimes that cope with the native population and native women specifically (page 150). Therefore, the traditional tribal government depends on the state or national system to prosecute rapists (page 150). Given that tribes rely on the federal courts, Deer argues that there are problems with applying the “white” Anglo-American model in rape cases because 1) it sort of assimilates tribal nations into Western-style court models, and 2) the Anglo-American justice system …show more content…
Robertson states that some white people still did not conceive the fact that Native women, as any other women, can play an influential role in leadership. Plus, some non-native people respond by being racist towards Native women. I believe that this sort of act is unjustifiable and reminds me of the Harris’ essay “ Whiteness as Property,” when he wrote that property and power became basis of racialized privilege that the Whites take advantage of them (Harris, 1714). Similarly, some white people see “leadership” as “property,” and may believe that it is one of the Whiteness’ privileges disregarding other races than may have better assets to become
AIS 460
Response # 3
Review:
This week we were assigned to read and give a review about two essays. The first one tackles the subject of rape against Native women. Sarah Deer, whom, through her works, advocates for the safety of Native Americans in general, and Native women specifically, wrote the article. She condemns domestic violence and sexual assault against native women.
Her essay contains a number of fact regarding rape and sexual violence in the United States. For example, she stated that Native women suffer from sexual violence more than any other ethnic group in the United States (page 150). She also mentions that the tribal justice system have neither the legal nor the financial capabilities to handle such crimes that cope with the native population and native women specifically (page 150). Therefore, the traditional tribal government depends on the state or national system to prosecute rapists (page 150). Given that tribes rely on the federal courts, Deer argues that there are problems with applying the “white” Anglo-American model in rape cases because 1) it sort of assimilates tribal nations into Western-style court models, and 2) the Anglo-American justice system …show more content…
Robertson states that some white people still did not conceive the fact that Native women, as any other women, can play an influential role in leadership. Plus, some non-native people respond by being racist towards Native women. I believe that this sort of act is unjustifiable and reminds me of the Harris’ essay “ Whiteness as Property,” when he wrote that property and power became basis of racialized privilege that the Whites take advantage of them (Harris, 1714). Similarly, some white people see “leadership” as “property,” and may believe that it is one of the Whiteness’ privileges disregarding other races than may have better assets to become