SOSC 1910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pseudoscience, Social Darwinism, Socalled

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1910
• Professor: Kerry Taylor

Document Summary

Sosc1210 human rights in a socio-legal context:key concepts in the creation of minorities. We always make assumptions based on previous knowledge, or partial knowledge. The problem is that we tend to act based on assumptions and no proof/evidence. Humans use these ideas to create minorities. Minority groups do not naturally become inferior, only when we choose to believe a. What makes something true? specific group is inferior, it is based on the cultural or other attributes they have. When we act on these ideas, we can violate human rights. We have to understand the existence of minorities. It"s not about the fact that power is given to people, it"s more about how it is exercised, and how inequality occurs: definitions of minority and majority/dominant group. It is possible for the minority to outnumber the majority, it is not necessarily based on a numerical value, but based on power. To figure minority, you must be able to see the majority.