SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Charlottetown Accord, Interculturalism, British Columbia Coast
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Ns chapter 10 race and ethnic relations. Ethnicity: disagreement (sociologists) on how to define and measure ethnicity, objective definitions of ethnicity- assume ethnic groups exist due to people"s social attachments, something that people possess due to differences in language, culture, customs, national origin and ancestry. Symbolic components can vary from time and place: ethnic identities + boundaries situational, variable + flexible, many ethnic categories are actually recent historical creations, e. g. 1930- scientist raise doubt about scientific validity of concept of race. Institutional racism discriminatory racial practices built into such prominent structure as the political, economic and education system. 1. institutional (organized) practices based on explicitly racist ideas in canada: e. g. chinese people excluded from certain jobs and denied rights to vote until 1947. Theories of race and ethnic relations sociological approaches o interpretation of race and ethnic relations. Normative theories practices arising in the first place: language part of culture express idea + shape thought.
