SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9, 10, 11, 7: Irish Canadian, Economic Surplus, Main Source
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This is not possible, morton"s sorting of skulls is invalid: morton"s racial samples were incomparable with respect to gender. He did not take into account women"s brains are smaller than men. Biological arguments have grown more sophisticated, but basis of previous arguments are questionable. Medieval europe: aristocrats saw blue veins underneath their pale skin but could not see them under peasants, concluding to a higher social ranking: naming themselves blue bloods. This theory did not look skin (they were tan) at the colour of blood from a cut was just as red as a peasant"s. There was mental superiority with northern europeans to eastern and southern europeans. Japanese and chinese ancestry had the highest intelligence scores. Sociologists identify certain social conditions that lead to high levels in participation in sports. People who face widespread prejudice and discrimination often enter sports, entertainment and crime in large numbers for lack of other ways to improve their social and economic position.