SOCY1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Double Consciousness, Microsoft Powerpoint, General Social Survey
12 Sep 2016
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At different moments of time, the racial conflict approach has been the main theoretical perspective used by sociologists this allows sociologists to develop useful studies and findings. In america, for example, sociologists claim that racial conflict is still an issue (some scholars would say that racial conflict is the biggest issue and will have the biggest rewards if worked on) b. Historical roots: white privilege-has historical roots a. i. It has become a protected property because of its benefits to the white population a. ii. The racial conflict perspective would use the following statistics as evidence that racial conflict is the fundamental issue in our society: results of historical influence b. i. 2012 census: 30,000 vs. 18,600 b. ii. higher educational attainment b. ii. 1. Gss (general social survey) 40% vs. 23% b. iii. longer life expectancy b. iii. 1. Contemporary consequences (look at her drawing on powerpoint slide)
