SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Black Canadians, Asian Canadians, Visible Minority
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No gene linked to general athletic superiority has ever been identified. Black athletes do not perform unusually well in many sports swimming, hockey, cycling, tennis, soccer, gymnastics. Therefore the idea that black people are better at sports is untrue: sociologists have identified social conditions that lead to high levels of participation in sports. Operate in all groups of people, whatever their race: examples: Not until the 1950s that prejudice against the jews declined. Koreans in japan today are also discriminated against so they pursue careers in sports. Koreans in canada- less discriminated against- less likely to pursue a career in sports: the idea that black people are superior than whites in sports suggests that they are intellectually inferior to them. Sociological definition of race: sociologists continue to use the term because perceptions of race continue to affect most people"s lives.
