SOC102H1 Lecture : Chapter 3 - Race and Ethnic Relations A summary of Chapter 3 of the Social Problems book
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Most people view racial prejudice as unfair; and canadians tend to look for remedies to injustice. Prejudice creates conflicts in our society minorities vs majority; people prejudiced vs those who are not. Prejudice and its outcomes (discrimination, conflict, exclusion, hatred, distrust) are politically and economically wasteful because they neglect certain human resources and thus hinder our society"s potential for prosperity. People who have the most difficulty accepting other races believe that race is biological. Believe that race is an essential and permanent feature of any human being; that certain cultural or personality dispositions are genetically based as well. Believe in at least 3 categories: negroid blacks, caucasoid white, mongoloid yellow. Scientists reject this view because there is more variability within a race than between races . The physical features associated with race are not genetically associated skin colour, hair texture, eye colour.
