SOC 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Internalized Racism, Institutional Racism, Biological Determinism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 605
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

Racism: internalized racism, biological determinism, eugenics, norma, norman + normalization of whiteness + heterosexuality, the regulation of first nations sexuality through colonization the indian act, racism, sexism + homophobia for asian lesbian identities. Race: physiological characteristics (are raeal and imagined), skin colour, hair texture, cranium, size and shape of, lips, eyes, nose, feet, genetelia. Ethinicity: cultural characteristics, physical vs culture, religion (beliefs traditions), nationality, language, food, Ethnicization: real and imaginesd cultural characteristics, signified by the ethnic signifiers, that we give social meaning to, so called become imbued with ethnic signifiers: no longer uses the term racialization but uses ethnisization turban- ethnic signifier. Racism: made up of 2 things, people think 1. Prejudice is racism- its not prejudice (not charlottes ville) most people are systemically and institutionally racist 2. Discrimination (how you treat people, voice you use, you deny, have no idea that you are racist) Internalized racism: manifests itself as self-hatred eg. go for surgery to change skin colour, turban.