SOCI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: West Coast University, Economic Liberalism, Racial Segregation In The United States
Document Summary
Understanding racism and racial inequality in the 21st century. Instances of racism still occur on campuses even though we are past that. Top left: protest around the michael brown shooting o o. Top right: racialized performances e. g. black face o o. Skit by theatre, using black face to portray famous canadian hockey player. Showed how race is still a problem in quebec and canada. Bottom right: march 2015 oklahoma: racist chants by frat while on activities. Bottom left: university of chapel hill, 3 slain muslim students around march 2015. Racial practices overt, interpersonal and racial character evident. Inequality due to inherent biological inferiority of nonwhites. Racial discrimination more subtle, institutional (as opposed to interpersonal), and seemingly nonracial. Legal protections for minorities (anti-discrimination laws, affirmative action policies, etc. ) help to render racism less pervasive, non-issue. Inequality assumed to be due to non-race related factors. Actions, words, images that can constitute racism without the person being "racist" per se.
