SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Enculturation, Canadian Identity, Acculturation
26 Jul 2016
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While socialization refers to the general process of acquiring culture, anthropologists use the term enculturation for the process of being socialized into a particular culture. Has to do with systemic exclusion annihilation and eradication of a community"s culture. A discourse about canadian national identity with a promise to recognize, respect and value cultural and racial differences. Some perceive that support for the expression of ethnic and racial differences represent a serious threat to euro-canadian values and individual rights and freedoms. Others see multiculturalism as consistent with liberal democratic values. Another view of multiculturalism is that policy and practices continue to position certain ethno-racial groups at the margins. It allows for the preservation of the cultural hegemony of the dominant cultural group. Race-based analyses have led to a notion of radical or critical multiculturalism . Which moves away from a paradigm of pluralism premised on hierarchal order of cultures.
