SOCA01H3 Chapter : ch10 Race & Ethnicities
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150 years ago dr. morton measured the size of human brains from different ethnicity and ranked them from biggest to smallest. Whites of europeans > asians > native north americans. Race, biology, and society: prejudice: is an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Prejudice is an attitude: discrimination: is unfair treatment of people because of their group membership. physical markers are used to distinguish groups and create social inequality based on race by means of colonialism, slavery etc. different social conditions between superordinates and subordinates create behavioral differences between them (eg, energetic versus lazy workers). perceptions of behavioral differences create racial stereotypes that get embedded in culture. Function of pure race (doesn"t exist anymore) www. notesolution. com. Ethnic and racial stratification in canada economic opportunities that are open to people also determine economic success.
