SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: W. E. B. Du Bois, Wilberforce University, The Philadelphia Negro
9 Mar 2016
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Racial classifications: until the 1920"s, most scientists believed that human beings could be divided into subdivisions based on physical and genetic characteristics (ex. Current conceptions: 1930"s, scientists began to question classification system, since the 1950"s, the scientific consensus has been that: Any genetic differences are behaviourally insignificant: races are a biological myth. Institutional racism: institutional racism: discriminatory racial practices that are built into prominent structures (ex. Political, economic and educational system: difference between intentional and unintentional institutional racism, intentional institutional racism involves institutional practices that are based on explicitly racist ideas ex. Residential segregation, exclusion from jobs and denial of voting rights- alleged inferiority: unintentional institutional racism involves institutional practices that are based on seemingly neutral rules, regulations or procedures ex. Height requirements for jobs with police forces: systematic racism, systemic racism. The development of theories of race and racism: classical theory, karl marx, w. e. b du bois, contemporary theory.
