SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ethnocentrism, Asian Canadians, Nigger
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People used to believe that race was linked to intelligence, and that it was biologically linked, People also think abilities are linked to genes, black dna gives higher stamina than white. But the thing is none of this is true. Social setting is where an individual is raised and educated has the biggest impact of iq, not biology. We see many blacks in sports like basketball, football (nfl, nba) and it appears that they do well. As a result, many people think that they are better at these sports, it"s biological. But it is social factors that affect these participation rates (we don"t see them in swimming classes, now do we?) People who are victim to discrimination enter sports in large numbers to make up for their lack of other ways to improve socioeconomic standing (wow, really ?) Sports is favoured because it"s something anyone can do, and anyone can participate in.
