SOCB47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Scientific Racism, Glass Ceiling, White Privilege

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Racialization: process of where we identity people by race, process of categorization, changes overtime, ie. italians, irish incorporated into whites. Racism: discriminate, marginalize, practice racial hierarchy taking value/worth from other categories leads to material consequences and structural differences biological -> innate, natural. New racism: new ways of creating hierarchies after biological racism went down. Cultural differences between groups that are insurmountable. Video: binary white over black not on the same level. The way skin lighteners are used across the world. The ones with lighter skin didn"t work whereas the ones with tanned skin were out in the sun working. Lighter skin gets them entry into the workforce and other types of opportunities. Material effects if one is able to change the skin colour. Skin lighteners are toxic and people are using them to have an advantage in society. A lot of the skin lighteners based in europe are produced outside of europe since they"re illegal.

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