SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Civic Nationalism, Institutional Racism, Peggy Mcintosh
12 May 2013
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Ethnic groups are distinguished by ancestry, culture, and social location . Where your parents or grandparents are from. Race s have relatively unique culture, ancestry and social locations. Physical characteristics play a role; skin colour. Social significance of categories of race and ethnicity. People view race and ethnicity as ascribed; something you can t change, you re born with it. Sociologists view it as achieved; not fixed but acquired through social experiences. Nation of origin = where you came from. Talks about ethnic groups existing because of where a person is situated socially. Looks at self-identification (how do you see yourself) Ethnic identity is not fixed, but flexible. Your sense of self identity can change over time, you might identify less as time passes. Examples: education; henry and tator (their novel) canadian university students who came from caribbean backgrounds talked about how when they transitioned through school, their blackness evolved.
