SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Symbolic Ethnicity, Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Race Matters
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In the 1920s, the immigration of britons, germans, and danes to canada was encouraged, and the immigration of poles, italians, greeks and asians was discouraged, and this was determined this by iq tests. At the same time in the u. s. , jewish people were scoring lower than non-jewish people, and thus there was an argument against jewish immigration. Black people have scored lower on iq tests compared to european americans, and this may be because of the limited funding for schools where many black people live. The social setting that someone is raised and educated in affects iq greatly. People who face prejudice and discrimination often enter professional sports in large numbers for lack of other ways to improve their social and economic standing. Prejudice: an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Discrimination: unfair treatment of people because of their group membership.
