POL SCI 32A Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Social Mobility, Social Constructionism, Racism
20 Nov 2018
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Highly complex, modern societies, modern economies, urbanization, globalization. Diversity is a very imprecise idea, no clear definition; not always ethnic makeup. Four dilemmas of diversity: race, intersectionality, social mobility, globalization. Still problems with diversity, something we still need to examine today; ferguson, etc. , help make this case. Notion that human race = composed of different people not as popular anymore. Facial measurement = correlation with race (idea from the past); skull (cranium), supposed to contain racial information; actually more variation within races than between them; cranial capacity before defined the racial intelligence. Early 20th century determined that race has no biological basis; question about culture and not biology. Politics and economics masked as science were what defined race as a science; race built from exploitation of people. Intersectionality = overlap of race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality within specific people. Social mobility = ability to move up in society.
