SOCI 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Racialization, Frankfurt School, Critical Race Theory
22 Nov 2016
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Apartheid system of south africa: the numerically inferior population dominated the numerical superior blacks, lasted from 1948 to 1990s. Women and man exam: racilization ex. black athletes are better, internalized racism can result in identity confusion. Ethnicity: the social construction of group identity: ethnicity and ethnic group, ethnicity closely related to migration, the longer immigrants live in canada the more they look like members of the dominant group. When there is tension in society, people find an innocent , weak group/person to blame: authoritarian personality theorists. Suggest that there is a culture of prejudice: functionalist. Limited prejudice is functional for a society, as it promotes social cohesion and stability: conflict. If prejudice attitudes are reinforce as we grow, we learn to limit our perception of the positive attributes of minority and accentuate negative attributes. Contact must be between individuals of equal status. Social norms favouring equality must be agree d upon by both parties: multiracial feminist.
