SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Gospel, Victim Blaming, False Consciousness
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What is race: genes do not determine the behaviour or athletic superiority of racial groups. Race and intelligence: social setting, where one is raised/educated, has a big impact on their intelligence. Racial mixing: people are born with mixed race. It is impossible to neatly distinguish races based on genetic differences. Resources and opportunities: social-structural advantages, like economic opportunities, determines economic success of a racial or ethnic group. Indian to first nation; labelling of indigenous peoples of n. a: negotiation between outsiders and insiders results in crystallization of a new more or less stable ethnic identity. Choice versus imposition: herbert gans, symbolic ethnicity a nostalgic allegiance or tie some ethnic background a. k. a. the culture of immigrant generation. Irish canadians freer to display symbolic ethnicity compared to black canadians: racism a visible characteristic indicates group inferiority and justifies discrimination, 3 types of racism, bigotry open, conscious expression of racial views, e. g. kicking someone out.
