SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Ingroups And Outgroups, Glass Ceiling, Ascribed Status
17 Nov 2015
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Soc 100 lecture 26 race & ethnic inequality: the social construction of race means that race is defined socially and culturally more so than it is physically and biologically. Canadians of european descent, who compose the dominant group: examples: african canadians, or aboriginals. Race: racial group, minorities set apart from others by what are perceived to be obvious physical differences. This occurs whether they are perceived to exist, not if they actually do exist. There are no pure" races because of immigration and inter-marriage: this is part of the social construction concept of race, toronto, montreal, and vancouver tend to attract more immigrants than other cities in canada. Within these cities there may be larger communities that the immigrants feel a part of. Germans and eastern europeans were considered non-white when first immigrating to canada (1800"s): since they were not part of the majority group.
