SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Symbolic Ethnicity, Complete Control, Social Stratification
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Expulsion: forcible removal of a population from a territory claimed by another population. Genocide: is the intentional extermination of an entire population defined as a "race" or a "people. " Prejudice: is an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Racism: is the belief that a visible characteristic of a group, such as skin colour, indicates group inferiority and justifies discrimination. Symbolic ethnicity: is a nostalgic allegiance to the culture of the immigrant generation, or that of the old country, that is not usually incorporated in everyday behaviour. Briefly discuss the problems that people encounter to understand the conceptual borders of race, ethnicity and nationality. It is common to be confused and challenged by the concepts of race, ethnicity, and nationality. There is a fluidity between the concepts. Three categories are reconstructed, redefined, and renegotiated over time. The lack of knowledge regarding discriminatory history of canada, makes it difficult to understand race problems.
