SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Racialization
Document Summary
The root cause of tension between different racial and ethnic groups is the structure of the labour market and the struggle for material resources in a capitalistic economy. Focuses on class analysis- how class interests and class conflicts explain group relations. Employers exploit the situations to pit subgroups of workers against each other, both to lower average wages and to deflect resentment against the slumps in the labour market. Need immigration to keep the economy with a declining population. But with globalization canada can no longer afford to have raciest attitudes because having a diverse nation will help with international trade. Most immigrants today are actually highly educated but when the come here their credentials are devalued. Pe predicts that the prevailing cultural values of a society, enforced by the economy and elite, will be those that support the economically privileged class.
