SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ipperwash Crisis, Ontario Provincial Police
Document Summary
Dudley george was shot and killed by an ontario provincial police officer during the occupation of ipperwash provincial park. The ipperwash inquiry into the death of dudley george turned up some ugly racist views expressed by provincial government officials. Ethnic and racial tensions in canada do not often end in physical violence or violent deaths. And, in comparison to many other countries, ethnic and racial relations seem peaceful here. The sociology of ethnic and racial relations concerns primarily the study of how power and resources are unequally distributed among ethnic and racial groups. We assume that we are born with a certain race or ethnicity that cannot be changed. Sociologists believe it is more useful to see race and ethnicity as certain kinds of achieved statuses - statuses that are acquired by virtue and social definition. Is something that people possess because of differences in language, culture, customs, national origin, and ancestry.
