SOCI 302 Lecture 8: W6.1- ethnicity & ethnic conflict Feb 5
Week 6- ethnicity & ethnic conflict
Midterm
• Ch 1-3, 5
• 20 m/c
• short responses on fleras
• 2 short answers based on journal articles
• Ho is Caada’s aageet of ultiulturalis is adirale?
o multiculturalism policy
• why does race matters in Canada?
o Employment, Europeans getting better job
o Health, education, income
o Being a minority singles you out for marginalization and discrimination
Ethnicity
• Which ethnicity are you and what practices and customs do you do
o Punjabi
▪ Girls and guys seated separately at temple
▪ Not cutting hair
o Persian
▪ Their own new years
▪ Not many people recognize being Persian
• Ethnicity is not visible
• Ethnicity
o A priiple ad proess i hih shared aareess of a people’s aestral
linkages and perceived commonalities serve as a basis for community, identity
ad atiit fleras, pg
• ethnic groups
o lived communities of people who are socially and culturally distinct, who see
themselves and are seen by others as distinct from other communities
• ethnic minority
o group of culturally distinct people who occupy a marginal status in society
attributes of ethnicity
• ethnic boundaries
o socially constructed barriers that provide a protective buffer by regulating
movements between ethnic group
▪ e.g. Quee’s poli of iterulturalis limits diversity
• symbolic boundaries
o sujetie eperiees: e feelig
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