POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: White Paper, Scientific Racism, Physical Strength
8 Mar 2013
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Polb52 lecture 8 march 7th 2013. In canadian politics you mostly see nationalism in quebec but you also see it in other countries as well. Professor thinks nationalism is a manifestation of a more general tendency of an inclination to identify from a group and to take pride into a group (ex. There are certain difference between men and women biologically but not predetermine socially. Most important is the social construction of race, gender, and ethnicity (what people believe in these things) Slavery black people enslave, white people are free. Our skin colour is entirely genetic and facial features. These are things we inherited from our parents. Then there"s a reaction to society which is treating them differently, enslaving, and etc. We can say it"s both the genes and the culture that matter. In politics it"s social reaction which can change. Gender social constructive in men and women. It"s hard to figure out where it is that they come from.
