SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Institutional Racism, Black Canadians, Racialization

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Patrick Lalonde

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Ch. 8 (cid:862) a(cid:272)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)it(cid:455: ter(cid:373) (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:449)as first applied to people duri(cid:374)g the europea(cid:374) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the. 16th and 17th century: a(cid:272)es do(cid:374)(cid:859)t e(cid:454)ist as (cid:272)lear (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al e(cid:374)tities a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s. Racialization: social process in which groups of people are viewed and judged as essentially different in terms of their intellect, their morality, their values, and their innate worth because of differences in physical appearance of cultural heritage. Racialization in canada: evident in the treatment of aboriginals in canadian history. Metis: when used with a lower-cased m, commonly means anyone of mixed native and non-native heritage; when used with big m, refers to the descendants of french fur traders and cree women. Scrips: certificates declaring that the bearer could receive payment in land, cash, or goods. Racialization(2): the construction of certain groups of people as biologically superior or inferior. Prejudice: the (cid:862)pre-judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) of others o(cid:374) the (cid:271)asis of their group (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ership.