LABRST 2J03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethnocentrism, Racialization, Social Darwinism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2J03
• Professor: Tommy Wu

Document Summary

Race and racial projects are not talked about much not taught in can (collective silence) Yet, the ways in which we see human difference is fundamental to the. Race is a categorization of human difference based on physical characteristics. Race is a social construct that change over time across different cont depending on social, political and economic forces. E. g. census --> idea of white has different definitions. Racialization is the process in which new ideological boundaries of difference are drawn around a group of people. E. g. since 911 arabs in north america have become a racialized group, meaning their physical attributes have become a characterization of them, associating them with particular morals and values. Ethnocentrism n canada l to the t contexts s of cialized morals ck to 20 tion me ristian, scent l qual. Many historical efforts to explain race were biased due to ethnocentri (the judgement of other groups by one"s own standards and values)/