SOCI 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Endogamy, Solidarity, Heredity
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Instrumental strengths - group"s relative collective political power, relationship of ethnic leadership to political + economic powers + institutions in ca + collective economic resources of group. Jewish, greek, armenian + muslim day schools in toronto + montreal (ethnic educational institution: ethnic organisation may provide services to members outside of mainstream institutions/organisations of larger canadian society. Race - historically defined by physical/genetic characteristic (ascriptive characteristic: legacy of colonialism/issues of inequality among social groups - terms that connote. Race as something that"s real: prior to late 19th century - race meant lineage, line of descent, attributed to social groups w/ common history, beginning of 19th century - result of historical intersection of colonialism + science - Wwii = by no means confined to nazi germany. Ideas not confined to level of scientific discourse: middle 20th century - race thinking = ubiquitous in country + around the world.
