SOCB50H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Critical Race Theory, White Supremacy, Racial Profiling
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Power structures are inherent in + maintained by institutions. Laws or policies designed to eliminate racial discrimination. E. g. policy that gives preference for more experience => biased against younger applicants. Also questioned about delinquent activities in the last year. Cops are the key to this bottleneck, what they decide to report is what enters statistics. Statistics are socially constructed therefore => not an objective measure of reality. Lecture 4 - police and the social construction of deviance and normality (kkk) White supremacy and racial power are maintained over time => law may play a role in this process. Racism is engrained in the fabric and system of american society. Power structures are based on white privilege + white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalisation of racial minorities. Statistics don"t give a full accurate account => only a partial account because not all gets reported/noticed. Direct discrimination (de jure) racial discriminatory practices that have been enshrined in law.
