ANTHR150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Heritage Canada, Visible Minority, Jim Crow Laws
8 Dec 2016
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When cultures recognize they may not use the 5 main races that western society uses. The government asking about a race can be an example of racial formation. Officially asking about race can help convince people it is real. Having rights on paper does not translate to having rights in real life. Social distance- keeps people from getting to know each as people. Anyone born on american soil was a citizen (after 1865) but if you wanted to immigrate you had to be white. Non white people had to keep their head down, be quiet and work hard. Despite discrimination there were still black lawyers, activists and politicians. Still inequality today despite legal equal rights. Races are colors: white, black, brown, little brown, yellow and aboriginal. Large mixed heritage, largely only male portuguese came during settlement. Money whitens- economic distance between groups dependent on (cid:498)lighter(cid:499) people have higher socioeconomic status interviewers judgment.
