SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Infant Mortality, Peggy Mcintosh, White Privilege
6 Dec 2016
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Ethnic groups are distinguished by ancestry, culture, and social location 133 siq. Races also differ through physical characteristics (skin colour) These are socially defined as significant and that are therefore significant in their social consequences. Looks at african americans and what they say about their police, how america has racial injustice and police being racist towards african americans in the us. Survey data finds evidence of racial profiling. Social significance of categories of race and ethnicity. View race and ethnicity as something you are born with. Race and ethnicity as achieved statuses (can change over time) Objective definitions of ethnicity: ethnic is fixed and static. Might ask what language do you speak or what is your country of origin. Subjective approaches: how a person self identifies, it is variable and flexible or situational specific. Your sense of ethnic identity can change over time (more or less, its fluid) Henry and tator book on racism and the canadian universities.
