SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Symbolic Interactionism, Racialization
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Text: social problems, chapter 3 & sense of sociability, chapter 5. Race influences social order and inequality as long as people continue to believe it makes a difference. Ethnic groups are easily thought of as created by social interactions. We create ethnic groups relationally (common language, folklore, rituals) Culture: the way of life of a society that includes dress, language, norms of behavior, foods, tools, beliefs, and folklore. This framework of values and practices adapts to the changing socio-historical context. Ethnic identification tends to thrive when members are socially isolated. Immigrants constitute a large fraction of canada"s population. Introduced and supported in 1971 after stormy relations between english and french speakers in. Proposed that bilingual framework affirmed english and french as official languages, also declared ethnic pluralism as a goal worth pursuing. 1982 section 27 of the constitution act desire to preserve and enhance the multicultural heritage of canadians.
