SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Economic Inequality, Market Maker, Racialization
14 Nov 2017
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18th century: racial groups classified by capacities, abilities, level of intelligence, and level of civilization. Classify best/ worst type of human being (ex: whites are best, blacks are worst) Biggest head= measures the level of intelligence. Kingdom phylum class order family genus species. Race is measured at the local level (determined state by state), measured differently depending on where you live. Genetic variation within groups and between groups. Racial attitudes: how different people think of different race. Racism: how do racial behaviors implicate the ways people live. Racial inequality: to what extent being in a racial group bring a disadvantage in life. Racial experience: what does it mean to be born in a certain racial group. Race relations: how do groups interact with each other (interactions of white/ black) Making and maintenance of racial meanings: how do we make meaning of groups.
