[SOCY 1021] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (17 pages long)
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Conventional wisdom: the unstated, internally inconsistent resistant to change. Post-racial : the common belief that race no longer determines life like it did: minimizes present day problems, election of black president. Racial projects: michal omi and howard winant discuss the move towards post-racism / color-blindness . College: very diverse, many people"s first time having contact with people from different backgrounds: white privilege: sports, clubs, classes, ect. All built around needs and interests of the white culture. Social integration: we tend to hangout with the same race and join organizations that support that to feel valued and connected. Barriers to change: ego, sense of identity, sense of state of justice. He can see out but that can"t see in: judged based on white standards, he discovered he was first different at a young age when a girl of a different color rejected him.
