SOC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Christian Mission, Fidel Castro, Scientific Racism
4 Apr 2017
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Mixed family in cheerios commercial received racist backlash. 7% of babies born in 2009 were two or more races. In 2012 only 86% of americans believed in mixed relationships o. 93% of millennials approve of interracial dating and marriages. Theory of racial formation- the process by which social, economic, and political forces determine the content and importance of racial categories. Racialization- the process by which understandings of race are used to classify individuals or groups of people o. Important factors in the production of patterns of power and inequality. In a racialized system, one"s social life and life chances are constrained by racial assignments or hierarchies. Scientific racism- use of scientific research or data to justify beliefs about where a certain race stands: most of the data supporting these ideas are flawed or biased, misuse of science to support racist assumptions. Institutional racism- patterns of discrimination based on ethnicity that have become part of social institutions o o.
