PSC 293 Lecture 1: PSC 239 race and law
3 Aug 2018
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55% of all those convicted on drug charges. 77% of all those who serve drug related prison sentences. Latinos and blacks routinely have jobless and unemployment rate twice that of whites. Race also matters in symbolic ways- through words, symbols, and images that shape societal attitudes and opinions. The factors of racialization: society, minority communities, and the polity, or the broad government framework within which political and economic interaction occurs. Understanding when, why, and how race matters helps us to identify these factors as they occur and the effects of racialization on a minority group"s outcome on the road to equality. Race- refers to the macro-categories society assigns to physical distinctions like skin and hair color and body shapes, as well as cultural differences. It is a social construction rooted much more in beliefs than science; but society"s widely differ in how they define it. The us historically has supported racial separation or assimilation.
