KINE 4340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Commodification, Wilt Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson
21 May 2017
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Racial inequality: idea that society is split up into races or groups and some groups receive more of the social wealth than others. Social wealth: overall access to jobs, employment, housing, political office and overal wealth in terms of status in society. Whites tend to benefit with-rich social wealth non-white indigenous-poor distribution of the social weatlh. Structural: something that cannot be changed by individual will or effort pg22. Race: certain groups in society that possess natural or biological instincts. Some race are more intelligent, athletic more war like (all ideas) Stereotypes: fixed ideas and labeling of specific racial groups ex/ black criminal, the muslim terrorist ad lazy indian or money hungry jew. Apartheid: minority of south africa are whites they are ruling the majority of blacks nelson. Commodification: formation or turning something into a commodity so it can be bought or sold.
