SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Homo Sapiens, Visible Minority, Racial Profiling
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Midterm: chapters 5, 6, 7 (read textbook, more questions from the text) Despite the fact the was developing, but his work went unrecognized (ignored by sociological elite) First case study of african american and the problems they face. Race physical markers (distinguish one group from another) Different skin colour, different hair textures, but genetically the differences are very minor. Visible differences are very minor compared to homo sapiens . So much international marriage, that everyone"s race could be up for debate. Skin colour isn"t significant genetically, but it is for society. People believe that skin colour matters so it does. There is only one human race, but people act as if there are many different races. Sociologists are interested in how people socially construct race and the consequences about that. Ethnicity cultural markers (the define certain group as distinct from one another) Hard to pin down what ethnicity they belong to.
