SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Multiracial, Hutu, Henri Tajfel
Document Summary
Race and ethnicity is a common area of study in sociology. A question that is contextually dependent and can have a variety of answers. Identity: our identities are made up of many factors. Concept in any kind of social scientific study. We look at primary and secondary socializers are main builders of our identity. Shape our identity because we value them, people treat us differently because of them. Community: among the most important elements of our identity are community memberships. Community is a group of people with certain shared experiences and identifiers. Race and ethnicity are different types of communities. When people need reassurance, they go to other people who have a similar kind of experience. Tough to find anyone without a communal identity. Seems to be in our genes, linked to survival. Humans are sociable animals, and humans that cooperate were more likely to survive. And any person has at least some sense of reliance on other.
