HUMA 1625 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Google Images, Canadian Identity, Chromosome
14 Feb 2018
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Understanding race: the concept of race originated during the era of european colonization, european colonialists in the 17th and 18th centuries classified the people into 5 groups based on physical appearance and geographic ancestry. I(cid:374) fa(cid:272)t, as politi(cid:272)al priorities (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge o(cid:448)er the (cid:272)ourse of history, defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s of (cid:858)ra(cid:272)e(cid:859) ha(cid:448)e changed and adjusted along with it. But, as a social construction, race significantly affects the lives of people of (cid:272)olour and indigenous peoples. (cid:863) Google screenshot: whe(cid:374) sear(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g (cid:858)ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)(cid:859) i(cid:374) google i(cid:373)ages, the first 50 pi(cid:272)tures are do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated (cid:271)y. European-white faces: noti(cid:272)e the (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete a(cid:271)se(cid:374)(cid:272)e of nati(cid:448)e people or (cid:272)ulture . Assumptions of canadians #1: the idea of what a canadian should look like has been disseminated through media, ads, billboards, movies, etc. (googled average canadian) Assumptions of canadians #2: this image pushes those who do not fit the euro-canadian look to status of.
