CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Melting Pot, Racialization

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Very little effort to interrogate what race actually means wendy. The way race was viewed historically; fundamental differences between different groups, differences which are primarily determined (whites vs. non whites) white colonialism (these individuals are viewed as less sophisticated) Biologists start to study race regarding ranges of different classifications of race. Race has a very powerful meaning as it is seen as a basis to understanding the differences between groups; ability, intelligence, behavior regarding crime. Physical appearance and the ability to use this to determine their tendencies of criminal activity. Thus, race is viewed as a social and political construction which significantly impacts peoples lives and social property. One issue is that; work associated with the human gene reveals that race accounts for a very small percentage of genetic variation across all groups (est. There are more genetic variations within racial groups than between racial groups.