SOCI 205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Identity, Racialization, Interculturalism

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 205
• Professor: Annette Tezli

Document Summary

Social inequalities in canada: ethnicity: canada recognizes 200 ethnicity, increase in globalization, ethnicity: principle and process in which a shared awareness of a people"s a(cid:374)(cid:272)est(cid:396)al li(cid:374)kages a(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odities se(cid:396)(cid:448)es as a basic for community, identity & activity. Markers of identity, such as shared history, language, norms & beliefs. Boundaries (canadians do not want to be called american) socially constructed. Explanatory framework of ethnicity: primordial explanatory biological argument, human nature & genetics; tries to excuse the excusable, constructivist explanation interactions/social arguments. Imagine (if you think it is real then it will become real hobbes) How people deal with rejection: interact with those that are the same as them. Rejection rooted stereotypes & prejudice: instrumentalist explanations a tool, all about using ethnicity to justif(cid:455) of (cid:449)ho does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:449)hat. Segregation example: jewish lived in segregated (community) ghetto in order to keep their identity either by choice or force. Ethnic enclave: area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity & economic activity.