SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Scientific Racism, First Nations, Institutional Racism
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Facebook is a gateway to shallow and superficial relationships. Don"t obey the same rules as real world. Online interaction aren"t less meaningful than face to face. In the virtual world you can act the way you want without consequence. Virtual world allows us to act out our secret urges and fantasies. American dream is about merit not skin colour. He also calls for solidarity with white americans againt racism. Malcolm x: he doesn"t describe himself as american, simply a black man living in america. Obama: his election is proof that american dream is real, democracy works. Racism is shown through social institutions and culture. Racism is socially defined, no basis in biological or physiological reality. Race is perpetuated by economic inequality, race is used to justify social inequality. Goal justify social hierarchy in the u. s and slavery. Unlikely he knew which skulls fit which race. Only 72 skulls, all of them from philadelphia, spurious conclusions.