SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Critical Race Theory, Self-Defense, Indian Act
31 Mar 2016
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Not addressing has consequences: history and context are important. Evergreen plantation home (people being listed as objects: canada- national mythology of harmony. In canada we are not much different. Video: david chappelle, critique of radicalized treatment in legal system. It looks ridiculous when white people are treated that way, but not black people. Made reference to concept of shame: social norms- guiding informal rules, deviance- socially defined transgression, very by social location. Gender (ex. how are things gendered (girl crying in public think nothing of it, guy crying more serious) Age (ex. being age appropriate, grown woman or man shouldn"t throw a temper tantrum: labelling- shame/ridicule, people resist label, definitions of deviance- subjective. Absolutist (objective)- rules of society are obvious. Human rights- denial of rights: statistical. Not all frequent acts norms: normative. Crime: media shape our understanding of crime, ex. Homolka/bernardo murders vs. pickton murders: pickton case. 2012 inquiry - systematic bias within rcmp and vancouver police: social process:
