PERLS104 Lecture Notes - Myocyte, Human Genome Project, Tiger Woods

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS104
• Professor: Melanie Muise

Document Summary

Defining race: race = a population of people who are believed to be naturally or biologically distinct from other populations, race depends on a classification system though which meanings are given to physical traits. Refers to a socially identified collection of people who: experience discrimination, suffer social disadvantages because of discrimination, possess a strong self-conciousness based their shared experiences of discriminatory treatment. It doesn"t include first nations: canada has been the subject of international criticism, including from the un, for the use of this term. 200 lines, our decisions are a social decisions, not decisions based on biology. Race, racial ideology, and sports: racial ideology enourages people to: see sport performances in racialized terms (ex. In terms of skin colour: use whiteness as the taken-for-granted standard, explain the success or failure of people with darke skin in racial terms, do research designated to discover racial difference. The achievements of white athletes are due to: character.