LABRST 2J03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Glass Ceiling, Human Capital, Labour Power

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2J03
• Professor: Jessica Franklin

Document Summary

Watched skin deep racialization playing out in lives, especially students in us. Defining racism representational: when variations of skin colour, eye shape, hair texture, or any attribute leads to perceived superiority or inferiority of a racialized group function/purpose. Perpetuated in beliefs, attitudes, and actions in individuals. Network of institutional structures, policies, and practices that create disadvantages and benefits for certain racialized groups, and discrimination/oppression for other racialized groups. Often result in their exclusion, marginalization, or in their infantilization. Covert; systems or institutions that lack ways of preventing or challenging discrimination. Policies seem neutral in nature, but in practice excludes certain groups or places them at a disadvantage. Information, values, and perspectives about race and racism are transmitted. Individual racism can be overt or covert. Good produced to be exchanged for profit in capitalist market. Emphasis on minimizing costs of overhead production and maximizing profit. Differences in levels of resources communication, organization, wealth.