SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Racial Profiling, Social Inequality, Redlining
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References: chapter 9 pages 205-222, video - race: the power of illusion: the house we live in. Race: an autonomous field of social conflict, political organizations, and cultural/ideological meaning (omi & winant, 1994, p. 52): hegemony, historically situated racial projects. Macro-level: structural or institutional racism (= discrimination) Institutional racism: structural racism promoted by social institutions (governments, organizations, schools, banks, courts) that impose oppressive conditions against a group of people on the basis of perceived racial differences. Race: the power of illusion: the house we live in (episode 3) Watch episode 3 the house we live in . View 25 min end of film. Redlining: denying or charging more for different services to specific neighbourhoods, such as banking, insurance, jobs, healthcare, etc. , often on the basis of racial prejudices (results in structural discrimination) Net worth: total assets (i. e. home, car, investments) minus all debts.
