SOC 215 Lecture : SOC 215 Lecture note 1
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Race: socially constructed, its socially defined, gender role socialization (parents, media, toy companies, sex a biological category male/female, gender a socially constructed category masculinity/femininity, essentialist position there are essential differences b/w categories of people (black, white, constructionist position these categories are socially defined, hypo descent your either black or your white there"s no in between, one drop rule if a person has a single drop of black blood they are considered black. Jim crow a system of racial segregation: dred scott vs. sanford 1857 (blacks are an inferior race and have no rights as citizen, reconstruction (1865 1877) federal troops occupied the slaves, blacks could vote, and run for political office, after reconstruction freedom for blacks were removed, blacks were disfranchised (prevented from voting)
