SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monoculturalism, Consumerism, Closed List
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Readings: nelson & fleras, brooks and miljan: within the biological species of human beings, population clusters with varying gene frequencies across special dimensions exist. We categorize everything we see and quickly associate it with our own previous knowledge and/or assumptions. We then label that object or person based on our pre-set feelings established towards it. In reality a social construct of race is hypothetical and not based on any scientific validity. On a wide scale this unique canadian structure has been praised with approval from the general population. It"s been regarded as our unique way of coping with the problem of racial discrimination and as a tool for the harmonious management of race and ethnic relations in a diverse and changing society. It also empowers the minorities to peruse the major goals of ethnicity and equality. On the other hand, there are those who criticise multiculturalism as being a problem rather than a solution.
