SOC 505 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sport In Canada, Ethnic Group, Visible Minority

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 505
• Professor: Dr. Stephen Sheps

Document Summary

Chapter 5 ethnicity and race in canadian sport. The concept of ethnicity: ethnicity refers to the values, beliefs, and behaviours we share in common with a subcultural group to which we most closely identify based on common country of origin, lingual, religion, and cultural traditions. Claude denis (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ges this des(cid:272)riptio(cid:374), la(cid:271)elli(cid:374)g it a (cid:862)(cid:449)hitestrea(cid:373)(cid:863) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:271)/(cid:272) it"s (cid:271)ee(cid:374) pri(cid:373)aril(cid:455) stru(cid:272)tured o(cid:374) the (cid:271)asis of europea(cid:374) (cid:449)hite e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es: assimilation is when immigrants adopt to the culture of the dominant group. The assumption of assimilation theory is that ethnically distinct cultural traditions are detri(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal to o(cid:374)e"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to fit i(cid:374) a(cid:374)d that it"s (cid:374)ot desira(cid:271)le to (cid:271)e differe(cid:374)t. This approach is problematic b/c it normalizes mainstream cultural practices as the (cid:862)appropriate(cid:863) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour of all: minority is used when referring to people who identify as being non-european-white. It"s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:271)/(cid:272) (cid:373)ost of the (cid:449)orld"s populatio(cid:374) is (cid:374)o(cid:374)-european-white.