SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Symbolic Interactionism, Ethnocentrism, Paradigm Shift
30
SOC100H5 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
30 documents
Document Summary
February 26, 2013: race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives. (pg. It"s at the micro-level: people think of skin color, hair color, eye shape etc. when asked about race. The physical differences that set people apart, usually as a part of a discrete category. But race is not genetic differences, as all evidence suggests. Rather, sociologists, historians and geneticists believe that race is a social construct. There is no biological component of what we think of as race: a short time ago, anyone who wasn"t white was labelled black, even if they were asian or. Spanish, because they were not the dominant group. These people were seen as a threat, since they were immigrating to america and canada to get better jobs and better lifestyles. There are many stereotypes where people assume black people are faster, for example.
