SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theories, Feminist Theory
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Introduction: race does not signify any social inherent biological characteristics or personality traits, racialization of ppl = certain ideological ends, changes the way ppl interact, and how they see themselves. Jane elliot experiment brown eyes vs blue eyes. Race: race = historically understood in terms of physical and genetic attributes used to differentiate groups of ppl, today what most ppl call race is little more than a historical legacy of western colonialism and ethnocentrism. Largely cosmetic variations: racialization = process of attributing characteristics to racial categories. Prejudice: prejudgement about a person/group: discrimination: act of denying or granting privileges to a member of a specific group. Stereotypes: particular type of prejudice consistent + far reaching generalizations about a group of ppl that are applied to all members of a group. Racism: democratic racism get definition from textbook. Discrimination: discrimination takes place when a person/group denies /provides opportunities and advantages to members of a particular group three levels of discrimination.
