SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Peggy Mcintosh, Racial Profiling, Institutional Racism
25 Feb 2015
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Ethnicity: objective definitions of ethnicity: ethnicity as fixed and static, subjective approaches to ethnicity: ethnic identity as variable and flexible, situational: defined by individuals. Subjective approaches to ethnicity: example: experience of visible minority university students described (henry and. Tator): example: quebec: civic nationalism versus ethnic nationalists (new society), majority of quebecois ethnic nationalists believe you should be identified by your cultural background. Deep roots in quebecois: the only true quebecois people are those who are descendants of the original. Institutional racism: discriminatory racial practices built into political, economic, and education systems, 3 forms, based on racist ideas, institutional practices that were originally racist but no longer are. Migrant labour policies in regards to mexicans working in the summers but not in the winter and going back home. Still exists today: institutions that unintentionally restrict the chances of certain groups (i. e. racial profiling). Visible minorities are more likely to be stopped by police than whites.
