SOCI 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Transphobia, Ableism, Heterosexism
18 Jan 2017
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Sociology lecture #1 i. e. race, gender, ethnicity, class, religion, age, ability/disability: race and ethnicity are not the same. Ethnicity is specific to where you are from (irish, german, etc. ) Race groups multiple ethnicities together based on how they look. Always looking under the surface: sociology does not shy away from complexities. Income and wealth are not the same thing: income is what you make weekly/monthly/etc. Includes dividends: wealth includes possessions that you own i. e. house, cars, land, inheritance, what is already in your bank account. Sociology asks a lot of why?" questions. Also a lot of what makes x possible? . Each social factor has a problem/issue attached. Problems are isms" i. e. race problems = racism: gender/sexuality problems = sexism, homophobia, heterosexism (heteronormativity), transphobia, ethnicity = tribalism, ethnocentrism. Not the same thing as heritage pride. Usually views other ethnicities as subhuman": religion = triumphalism. Comes from word to describe tensions/fights between the protestant and.
