SY210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Caucasian Race, Visible Minority, Socalled
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Survey item: "there are biological races within the species homo sapiens" Sample of us universities: percent agreeing, faculty: 24, undergraduates: 47, conclusion: sizable minority still seem to believe in biological races, often cited by respondents agreeing: physical appearance, genetic makeup, evolutionary history, disease susceptibility. Visible minority refers to whether a person belongs to a visible minority group as defined by the. Employment equity act and, if so, the visible minority group to which the person belongs. Employment equity act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than aboriginal peoples, who are non-caucasian in race or nonwhite in colour. " The visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: south asian, chinese, black, filipino, latin american, arab, southeast. Asian, west asian, korean and japanese. : standard: being a member of the caucasian race against which other groups are defined. The definition takes whiteness as a standard, with white people invisible and non-whites visible.
