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This chapter introduces an alternative way of thinking about power and systems of control. It argues that rather than understanding oppression in the form of intentional, individual bias, discrimination or violence, we should examine how purportedly neutral systems are administered in ways that maldistribute essential life chances such as income, health care, education, and housing and target certain populations with policing and imprisonment. It uses key concepts from women of color feminisms and the work of Michel Foucault to introduce analysis of power that enforces norms and power that manages populations, two kinds of power that are not accounted for in the traditional discrimination and hate violence analysis of transphobia.

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