Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Charter Of The French Language, James Keegstra, Surplus Labour
6 Apr 2018
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Chapter 8: critical studies in race and ethnicity. Canada is increasingly diversified in the racial and ethnic composition of its population. Canadians identify more than 200 different ethnic groups the 2006 census. Race refers not to biological differences, but to categories people occupy based on ascribed characteristics, such as skin colour. Sociologists recognize that such categories create important distinctions in how people experience the social world. Organizing people into racialized categories focuses on defining people by difference and inequality. Race refers to categories of people believed to share distinct physical characteristics that are deemed socially significant. Racial groups are distinguished by; skin colour, hair texture, facial features, etc. Cultural definitions of race have taught us to base race on biological differences between individuals, yet, racial categories are based more on social definitions than biological. The science of genetics challenges the notion of race genetic studies indicate that genetic variation is greater within racially classified populations than between racial groups.
