SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Philosophy, Visible Minority, Ethnic Group
Document Summary
A diverse and complex society composed of racially and ethnically different groups. Widely renowned for its cultural democracy and harmonious ethnic diversity. Made significant gains for visible and non visible minority groups. Vertical mosaic: canada"s ethnic groups are vertically arranged according to income, power, and prestige. Dissimilarity: occupational differentiation reduction of ethnic division of labor of 30% for men and 45% for women over 70 years. Inequality: stratification reduction of 50% for men and 45% for women over 50 years. Racial categorization based on phenotypical differences do not correlate with genotypical differences. Race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more phyiscal markers. E. g. skin color, hair texture, eye shape. Allows forms of social inequality to be created and perpetuated. Racialization: social and political processes by which racial groups are socially constructed based on perceived physical differences.
