SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Racialization, Meritocracy, Color Blindness
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Distinct from the majority that controls the social system. Justifies treating people differently based on their racial category. Assumes that one racial category is inherently superior (that of the group in control) Only 1/4 of 1% of genetic makeup is accounted for by "race" We now treat race as natural, where there are consequence. What people believe to be real is real in its consequences. Over-representation of indigenous children in the foster system a. b. c. d. e. f. How indigenous peoples are poor and have to give away their children for help. Toxic loop where poverty and poor housing occurs due to underfunding i. ii. iii. Students at the school were refused to practice their culture. In an attempt to modernize them and make them fit into society. Children go to non-indigenous families, cannot study their culture and clan. Stereotypical portrayals of minority groups that help sustain systems of inequality ity.
