SOCI-100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Authoritarian Personality, Ukrainian Canadians, Human Genome Project

• School: MacEwan University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI-100
• Professor: Stephen Speake

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Sociological analyses of ethnicity and race matter because: people use them as identities, people use them to identify others, used to justify people"s (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, both have social consequences. Cultural characteristics: e. g. language, religion, traditions, food. No spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) ge(cid:374)e asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863: human genome project, all human genetic variations are subsets of the original genetic pool on the african continent, processes of racialization. Visible minorities and racialized groups: visible minorities = non caucasians, except aboriginals, galabuzi repla(cid:272)e (cid:862)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le (cid:373)i(cid:374)orities(cid:863) (cid:449)ith racialized groups. Lo 3: immigration and refugee protection act (2002) Objectives: reunite families, co(cid:374)tri(cid:271)ute to the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, protect refugees. Types of newcomers: family class immigrants, economic immigrants, refugees. Interactions between ethnic groups: power differentials emerge between dominant groups and minority groups. 47% in some schools: pluralism, cultural differences are celebrated and maintained, canada multiculturalism, supported by most canadians, multiculturalism act (1971, segregation, segregation separate minority groups from the dominant group, e. g.