ETHN 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hate Crime Statistics Act, Voluntary Manslaughter, Reappropriation
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T h e s o c i a l c o n s t r u c t i o n o f d i f f e r e n c e p a g e | 1. Race and ethnicity: ethnic group: groups identified by national origin, cultural distinctiveness, racial characteristics and/or religious affiliation, racial-ethnic group: groups that are particularly physically divergent from the dominant group or each other. It can tell you who is being discriminated against and who lacks certain: the problems with race as a biological notion, genetic interchangeability. People who are biracial: no agreement on bases of racial classification. Races are classified differently throughout the world: no agreement on the issue of race affecting social and individual characteristics. Development of racism: idea of linking superiority and inferiority to racial types emerged in 18th century. Europe: english, germans, dutch slavery (natives), australasians.
