SOCI 3630 Lecture 9: Lecture 9- Social Inequality- Race, Ethnicity and Racism
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Dimensions of schooling and inequality ethnicity, race and racism. Definitions and distinctions: race: a social and political construct used to confer advantage and disadvantage, ascribe social advantage and disadvantage, social identity (what others assign) and self-identity (how we name ourselves, the identities that we project onto people. They are not our own self identity but others perception of you. The george dei article is a good example of this. He talks about the impacts of social identity: ethnicity and culture: shared history, values, language, traditions that are sources of strength; these also can be racialized . Class matters: poverty s a significant factor shaping educational experience. It is a significant factor that cannot be overlooked. And likewise so is privieldge: the dei article is a great example of this, point that is brought up in the readings today is that class does not only explain.
