POLI 474 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Race Card, Racial Segregation In The United States, William Julius Wilson
9 Apr 2017
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Understanding racism + racial inequality in the 21st century: racism, prejudice, discrimination and reverse racism / reverse discrimination: lay v. sociological distinctions. Racism (webster: belief that race = primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial diff. produce an inherent superiority of a particular race, racial prejudice or discrimination. Reverse racism (oxford: prejudice or antagonism dir. twds. a majority or (formerly) dominant ethnic group; perceived discrimination by or in favour of a minority or (formerly) oppressed ethnic group. Racism: a contested (and confusing) term: in prac, the diff. b/w the terms prejudice, discrimination, and racism is often difficult to discern. William julius wilson (1973; 1999: 1973: practices and beliefs that contribute to upholding racial domination and are tied to belief in the subordinate group"s inferiority. !1: 1999: ideology of racial domination used to justify or prescribe the inferior treatment or. 28 - 03 - 2017 social position(s) of other racial group. New racism v. old racism: old-fashioned racism.
