SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: White Privilege, Esure, White Supremacy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 507
• Professor: Cheryl Teelucksingh

Document Summary

Racial classification/hierarchy asserted white supremacy and the belief in physical and cultural differences between races. Both racial theories played large role in holocaust. Example: aboriginal people have smaller brains, and are therefore less intelligent. Physical differences do exist, but the meanings attached to biological differences change influenced by science, religion, and political debates. Racialization: the process of attaching racial meanings to issues that are not specifically about racial difference. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: cha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s last (cid:374)a(cid:373)e de(cid:373)o(cid:374)strates the do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t group i(cid:373)posi(cid:374)g control. Ne(cid:449) ra(cid:272)is(cid:373)/(cid:272)ultural ra(cid:272)is(cid:373): does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake refere(cid:374)(cid:272)e to (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)all(cid:455) differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es, (cid:271)ut perceived cultural differences: example: immigrants do not fit into canada because of their dietary needs. Anti-racism (1980s-): a politically oriented strategy to examine the role of institutions (education, the justice system, the media) as perpetuating racism: makes links to other oppressions, challenges notions of individualism, equal opportunity, and color blindness. Cultural/ideological organization; rules woven into a social system.