SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Chauvinism, Hijab, Canadian Indian Residential School System
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Refers to similar characteristics in people, plants, animals. In 18th century the idea of these characteristics and physical or psychological develops. The genetic difference within racial grounds may be greater than the genetic difference between racial groups. The social mistake: we see colour/physical feature we overestiate genetic. Race is a social and interpretive assumed difference rather than physiological reality. Race: a category of people who share certain common physical traits deemed to be socially significant (naiman, 2012, p. 241). The term racialized is now used to indicate how race is social. Ethnic groups: are distinguished by socially selected cultural traits, rather than physical ones [such as] language, religion, ideology, ancestry and historical symbols (naiman, Ethnic chauvinism: hostility towards other ethnic groups (naiman, 2012). Racism: hostility directed towards people with particular physical characteristics (e. g. skin color, eye shape). Prejudice: attitude of dislike toward individuals based on their membership to a particular group (naiman, 2012, p. 242).
