SOCI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Darwinism, Eugenics, Racialization
Document Summary
Racialization: not the application of racial label it is the application and social attributes and significance of attributes to groups of individuals. See in contemporary times this idea could be applied to. Muslims because increasingly as of 9/11 whether they are immigrants we see racialization process happening. Distinction: it is not about calling a particular group a racial category it is assigning racial significant to a group. Racialization and labelling process taking place is applied to. Self-referential racism - process of self-designation as superior race. Charities were artificially sustaining lives of unfit whites (ie poor) Early expression of social darwinism in europe - conflation of race and class. Social intervention to control mating/ reproduction in order to: Aimed at immigrants (eastern/southern europe) mentally handicap, deaf, blind, epileptic and physically deformed. Native americans presented themselves to hospitals and then were sterilized against their will (hospital) War against the weak: eugenics in the usa - ethical violence.
