SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White Supremacy, Aversive Racism, Symbolic Racism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 507
• Professor: Danielle Gabay

Document Summary

The discourse of: reverse racism, white victimization, binary polarization, blaming the victim, colour blindness, denial, equal opportunity, moral panic, multiculturalism, national identity. Ideology is a set of beliefs, perceptions, assumptions, and values that provide us with an understanding and an explanation of the world. Ideology represent a set of ideas and values that confirm particular economic and social conditions. Ideological formations are not fixed, they are constantly evolving, often as a result of contradictory experiences. Peoples are often unaware of their ideologies. These idea form the basis for social behaviour. Understanding of the marginalization, exclusions, and domination of racialized people in. Racist ideology: a set of beliefs based on the notion that some groups/races are inferior and some are superior. Racist ideology organizes, preserves, and perpetuates the power structures in a society. Racist ideology is reflected in the language we read, write, and speak. One of the most complex aspects of racism is its subtle and changing nature.