Erasing 'Race': The Story of Reena Virk

Maya B.

This factsheet details the erasure of race and gender from media coverage of the story of Reena Virk. The factsheet argues that white supremacy and structural racism of the dominant culture must be interrogated and held responsible for the violence against racialized women and girls.

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References

Jiwani, Yasmin. "Erasing Race: The Story of Reena Virk". Canadian Women Studies 19, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 178-184.

Source Authors

Yasmin Jiwani

Keywords

Accountability & Responsibility, Body Politics, Constructing Difference, Dismantle Structural Racism, Immigration, Intersectionality, Legal History, Media and Power, Memory and Power, Patriarchy, Racialization, racism, Racist Hierarchies, Racist Stereotyping, Racist Violence, Representations and Power, Stories and Power, White Supremacy

Key Figures

Judge Macauley, Reena Virk, Warren Glowatski

Locations

British Columbia, Canada, Victoria

Themes

Activism, History, Theory