SOC150H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cadency, Phenotype, Korean Canadians
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Midterm viewing - march 13th, 2:30-5:30pm, room #225e. Final exam: thursday, april 23, 9-12am, exam centre - ex100. Defining poverty definitions of poverty have political consequences ability to influence policy makers social policies are enacted or not enacted based on levels and trends in poverty. Race for sociologists lay person understanding of race includes inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and other deficiencies based on common errors of thinking related to how race is understood: continuum of characteristics and features ,ore complex than racial categories. Sociological interests: people believe in racial differences, we study ideas and beliefs race has implications on the shape of social structure and culture. Intersection between structural level factors (government) vs micro situations (how individuals are perceived, treated, etc, internalization of those beliefs and start acting like that category) Social whitening very poor european immigrants considered non-white. The problem of individual pathology again: history of racial discrimination in america based on attributing characteristics of persons.
