SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: De Jure, Conflict Theories, Culture Theory
2 Nov 2017
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11. 1 explain the social construction of race and ethnicity. Racial types: scientists divide the world into three racial types: caucasoid (white), negroid (black) and mongoloid (asian or brown, no society contains biologically pure people; race is not really important it just allows us to hierarchy people. A trend toward mixture: canada is very mixed race now. 11. 2 describe the extent and causes of prejudice. Prejudices are prejudgments that are positive or negative: positive prejudices exaggerate the virtues of people like ourselves, and negative ones condemn those who differ from ourselves. Prejudice often takes the form of a stereotype. Student opinion shows a trend toward greater social acceptance: 2. People see less difference between various minorities: 3. The terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, may have been reduced social acceptance of arabs and muslims. Racism: racism: the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another, racism is uniquely modern, and emerged during the european renaissance.
