SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: White Supremacy, Manichaeism, Racialization
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Soca02 lecture 5 race and ethnicity. A static construction based on essentialism that defines/categorizes individuals across hardened or semi-hardened categories. This construction can be intelligence, aesthetics, values, etc. A complex of social meanings constantly being transformed by political struggle. Perception and categorization of race can change over time. Unfair treatment of individuals due to their group membership. Avoid seeing race as objective and fixed. Individuals should see race as a means of social structure; not just an illusion. The sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed. White supremacy when it comes to intelligence. Iq scores: not logical nor proper way of testing intelligence. Racialization can occur through the attachment of names, accents, dress codes. Not all individuals identify with a race or ethnicity. Not due to a personal choice; can be due to how that person views his/her body.
