SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Realistic Conflict Theory, Authoritarian Personality, Asian Canadians
6 Nov 2018
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Educational attainment cannot fully explain the average income of ethnic groups. Field experiments often conducted live, individuals are recruited to apple for jobs. Have come up with negative discrimination towards non-white people. 12,910 resumes to 3,225 online job postings, ca. 15% received a call back vs 6% for other groups. 11. 3% received a call compared to 15. 7% for group above. Foreign- sounding name (chinese, indian, pakistani), foreign grad, canadian experience. Foreign- sounding name , foreign undergrad, foreign experience. Negative attitude toward someone based on group membership. Negative/positive treatment of someone based on group membership. Depends on who you are as a person. Routed in the fact that we are organized into groups. There is competition among groups for scarce resources. Group level can be reduced with close contact among groups. Groups have to be told or believe that they are equal, despite some differences that may be present. Members cannot possibly know each other face to face.
