SOC100H5 Chapter 7: Chapter 7- Race and Ethnicity (detailed notes)
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Race and intelligence: professor peter sandiford of uoft administered iq tests, concluded that canada must have policies for immigration to make sure that. Race and sports: asked why they should invest in schools that have low iqs because of biology. Asians now have one of the highest iq"s: jews experienced upward mobility, and can afford education, therefore, the social setting in which a person is raised and educated has a big impact on iq. Racial mixing: new york kicks beat toronto huskies which had many jewish players, argument that genes determine the behaviour of racial groups , which is stupid, there has been mixing between races, e. g. In modern times, humanity has had so much intermixing that race as a biological category lost its meaning. Irish and jews were once regarded as black: race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives.
