GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Social Distance, Racialization, Social Class

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System of classification based on these differences with value judgements based on social, economic, political and cultural ideologies. Binary relationship with whiteness at the centre and everything else revolves around it. Oncephysical differences between races are created, we then create these moral value class judments to these difference. Our assumptions of these differences become solidified discursively and structurally solidified. Discursively and structurally: policies, practices in law are created so exclude certain groups. For example, the education system, post-secondary is available to a few. Structures and institutions maintain socioeconomic differences within groups, naturalizes exclusion and indirectly influences it. Scarcity of resources, never direct about foreignersthrough the media the reccession, unemployment and scarce resources are discussed and implied blame goes to immigrants. Survives when reproduced through acts of exclusion and marginalization > especially in locally situated contexts. Seen heavily in thr media, by creating relationships between race, crime and socioeconomic behaviours naturalizes racial stereotypes.

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