Sociology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Capital Flight, Human Capital, Homosociality
7 Mar 2016
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Too much overlap in genetics between races. Cultural conditions, discrimination and social-structural factors explaining differences in social outcomes by race pg. Substantial brain-gain because educated immigrants flow into country. But largely wasted; immigrants rarely find work in their own field. Artificial boundaries keep foreign trained students out, and protect domestic- trained students. Part 1: iq scores and social outcomes. Something that we"re born with and cannot change (hereditary) Due to selective mating, intelligent men and women producing intelligent children- cognitive ability (iq) predicts social behaviours and outcomes. Measures ability at time of when the test is taken. Active, voluntary choice to leave their country for canada. Became minorities in a social system against their will. The most important group is african americans. Smart african americans almost carry this burden, as their is a stereotypical view of who is intelligent. Note: the same argument can be made for first nations students. Focus on power differences and their roots/causes.
