SOC100H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Queer Theory, Charismatic Authority, Hostile Work Environment
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Race: a socially defined category of people whose perceived social markers are socially significant. Ethnic group: comprises people whose perceived cultural markers are deemed socially significant. Race is to biology as ethnicity is to culture. Ethnic values have less of an effect on the way people behave than we commonly believe. Culture by itself is of little importance in determining the success of racial and ethnic groups. There is no biological component to what we think of as race. We tend to believe people with similar skin tone have similar dna, which is untrue. Vertical mosaic: a highly ethnically and racially and racially stratified society (mid 20th century. Emphasize that the development of racial and ethnic labels, and ethnic and racial identities, is typically a process of negotiation. The negotiation between outsiders and insiders eventually results in the crystallization of a new, more or less stable ethnic identity.
