SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Occupational Inequality, Social Inequality, Social Philosophy
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Multiculturalism or vertical mosaic income, power, and prestige. Vertical mosaic: canada(cid:495)s ethnic groups are vertically arranged according to. Lautard and guppy compared 1971 and 2006 figures: concluded that ethnic stratification was less pronounced in 2006 than in 1971: level of racial inequality= much smaller, occurred for both stratification and occupational differentiation. Reduction of ethnic division of labor of 30% for men and 45 % for women over 70 years. Occupational stratification: reduction of 50% for men and 45. Yet ethnic origin continues to affect occupational inequality. Those who have been singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of physical characteristics such as skin color, hair texture, and eye shape. Race matters because it allows forms of social inequality to be created and perpetuated. Race matters because of how people treat one another because of it. Racialization: refers to the social and political processes by which racial groups are socially constructed based on perceived physical differences.
