POLS 3561 Lecture Notes - Institutional Racism, Social Darwinism, Miscegenation
18 Apr 2014
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Website link: www. yorku. ca/khoosh: horizontal conceptualization of race vs. vertical conceptualization of race in canada, racial differences are used as the basis of discrimination and are socially constructed, social construction: identification of certain groups that share common characteristics. Main three historical differentiations we have in canada: aboriginal vs. colonizers (british and french, french vs. british, british and french vs. other immigrants in canada, fighting racism requires knowing what it is not an easy task. In order to fight racism, we have to know what it is. We can put it in a historical perspective to understand what racism is. You need evidence, facts, and research (primary and secondary research) Different people develop different understandings of history. We are also looking for solutions, prescriptions that can fix this problem. This is not an easy task because it is a very complex issue. A person that is physically different from the dominant group in society. The idea of the other in society.
