SOC210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Genome Project, Africana Studies, Scientific Racism
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What are you: people want to categorize people so they ask these questions, e. x this person is muslim so draw on things they know about muslims, categorize as us or them . Race: a social construction: race is a way to categorize people around is. Race: as a word: a group of people who share physical and cultural traits and a (perceived) common ancestry, as an idea: people can be divided into biologically discrete and exclusive groups based on physical and cultural traits. Race is a social construction: an idea of race emerged from society and the meanings to attach to who we are as opposed to them . How does race lead to racism: based on inequality, as a belief or idea. Race is a construct of history: race is an ideology that was formed in particular times and places. It is an ideology that evolved through over time using religion, science, politics, economy, literature.
