SOC 2010 Lecture Notes - Common Descent, Tim Hortons
2 Oct 2012
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Gender is a social construction: conflict in society in terms of gender and trans gender. Women are different: general well being of female and male citizens, women generally live longer then men. Canadian thing: differential treatment based on ethnicity, language (downtown toronto you can hear 40 different languages) Language is one of the essential parts of ethnicity and studying ethnicity. Shared culture, language of being part of a certain groupcommon shared awareness: shared awareness of what is right and wrong. Inherited physical characteristics: physical traits that make you part of a race )hair skin colour) this is based in biology. Biology: problems: we all share most of our genes no matter what our race is, biology matters (slaves. Holocaust: biology is not clear cut (we have mixed marriages ) Sociology: race as a construct: categories are based on colonialism. Social labels people have based upon race. Creates system where one group of people become better or more dominant than another.
