POLI 474 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Racial Profiling
9 Apr 2017
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Electronic copy due 11:59 pm (april 7, 2017) Must upload electronic file to mycourses ( assignments tab) Evaluation template and list of sm. gr. members downloadable fr. Institutional racism: social instuttions denying groups of people fair and equitable treatment (s/l, 3 forms: Active: racist ideas / assumptions about racial groups inform policies, programs, institutional practices. Passive: 3p originated fr. ideas re: racial inferiority of groups but no longer inform them. Neutral: 3p race-neutral but outcome disadvantages nonwhites. Institutional racism in the judicial system: court sentencing (usa) Harsher sentences for crimes disproportionately affecting racial minority communities: policing practices (cda / usa) Driving while black / brown: race used as cue for vehicle stops by police, victims of racial profiling often black (hence the term dwb, but also affects other racialized minority groups: aboriginal, asian, arab / muslim, latino. Racial profiling in the usa: racial profiling fr. the perspective of everyday people. Racial profiling in canada: kingston policy data collection project.
