SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Atlantic Slave Trade, Human Migration, Racialization
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Brief overview of films shown in class. Course evaluations: race: the power of an illusion movie overview. Racial classifications are arbitrary; somebody makes up what defines racial classification. No core relations between race, genetics and behavior. Physical diversity, skin color, hair color, etc. is a result of human migration and living in different geographic regions. Film concludes if race is not real that there are no genetic markers, social scientists argue that race is a social construct. Race is an idea it is a myth. Slavery (trans atlantic slave trade) to be bought and sold forced to work, purchased at birth, all under control of the slave master, anywhere from 12- 22 million africans were forced into the transatlantic slave trade. 18th century most of the slave trade occurred. 1923 no chinese could enter canada because of their race: mickey mouse monopoly movie overview. Argues that disney is not innocent entertainment.
