APA 1302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hubris, Immorality, List Of Canadians By Net Worth
16 Mar 2017
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Melting pot is a metaphor for a heteregneous society becoming more homogenous, the different elements melting together into a harmonious whole with a common culture. Assimilation is when minority groups adopt characteristics of the dominant culture. You need to assimilate to a certain extent, even if you are a tourist. Society is structured on the basis of european white experiences. Sport and leisure is often been studied in canada as either assimilatory or in resistance to the white stream. Race is a construct, based on the fact that it is to a certain extent a category. It refers to a category of people regarded as socially distinct because they share genetic traits believed to be important by people with power and in uence in society. An ethnic group is a category of people regarded as socially distinct because the way of life and a commitment to the ideas, norms, and material things.
