SY210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Color Blindness, Social Inequality, Ethiopian Americans
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Race: the social history of a cultural invention: people are uncomfortable about talking about race, racial inequality is the most significant basis of social inequality in north america. The colour-blind frame: race has little meaning today given the decline in overt racism, core value judgement: should not pay attention to skin colour or race but should judge people as individuals. Examples of student quotes showing influence of the colour blind frame: student a: no one looks at you and thinks oh, this is a white person that is not the first thing they see. Examples of student quotes showing influence of the diversity frame: student a: i think more so than discussions, i go to the social/entertainment side of it. Night talent show, which is run by the black student association, or like this weekend i"m planning to see a bunch of my friends in the irish step dancer"s thing.
