SOSC 1910 Lecture Notes - Clan Maclean, Human Rights In Canada, Toronto Star
26 Mar 2013
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There is an image of canada as a white canada. Racialized canadians are seen as foreigners who are unlawful and undesirable. These groups have demanded apologizes and other forms of redresses that would create better opportunities for them. Racialization or the social construction of race produces two major outcomes in race. First, there is social ____ which is manifested in the canadians view of which groups are socially desirable or undesirable according to racial origin. Second, racial groupings are associated with unequal earnings in the market, but those of. European origins have higher averaged earnings than non-white canadians. The disparity persists even after intergroup differences in schooling and other factors are taken into account. The social value and market value associated with racial origin shows how society can be developed. Concrete manifestations of what otherwise would be an abstract notion of race. peter lee. The concept of black, white, etc. are socially constructed.
