SOCI 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Air India Flight 182, Dastar, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Minority: a category of people who are physically or culturally distinguishable and who are socially disadvantaged. The definition accentuates that it is not the number of people involved, but rather, their lack of social power. Race : category of people who share biologically transmitted traits. Example: skin colour, hair texture, facial features. However, while the term is loaded with historical baggage (thus the quotation marks), it remains a problem today. 21% of canadian children live in poverty: gap between rich and poor. Mixed race couples in toronto at 5: vancouver at 10% Men of colour in similar jobs as white men earn 18% less. Racism: evaluating and treating people from other categories different form your own. Slight genetic differences between populations do not manifest themselves in behavioural differences. Recent research into the human genome shows the basic unity of mankind. Even though race has no behaviour relevance, it has significant social significance.

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