SOCI 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ethnic Group, Asian Canadians, Grou
1 May 2012
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Prejudice is an attitude that judgs a person on his or her group"s real or. Within the last few centuries there has been so much intermixing of races, Today people use low average iq scres of a specific racial group as an excuse. Biological explanations for racial differences have always been around, but the scientific evidence has always been shaky. to limt funding to inner city school. However they ignore the fact that the social setting in which children are raised has a large impact on their iq. We connot prove that iq is based on biology. There is very little scientific evidence to support any racial differences, whether it is being more prone to crime, or athletic ability. imagined characteristics. Discrimination is unfair treatment of people because of their group membership. that races as distinct biological categories do not exist. Today the term race is more of a sociological concept. Race is to biology as ethnicity is to culture.
