SOCY 233 Lecture 5: Week 5 SOCY 233 Readings

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 233
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Introduction: canada"s racialized mosaic : canada has evolved into a mature and tolerant society with a powerful commitment to equality before the law, regardless of a persons backgrounds of beliefs, despite the scale of inequalities and exploitation elsewhere, canada is more accurately portrayed as an unequal and stratified society a racialized and sticky mosaic with wealth concentrated in the hands of few, racialized minorities continue to be stratified unequally against a vertical mosaic of raised dominant and lowered subordinate tiles, pyramids of privilege exist that elevate the white male stream to the top, as canada becomes increasingly diverse, mainstream institutions are under increased pressure to standardize by adopting universal standards that transcend the claims, racialized inequalities are neither natural nor healthy. they are actually corrosive effect in the fraying the social fabric of society, looks towards the politics of racialized inequality in canada.