SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Peggy Mcintosh, Institutional Racism, Siq
25 Feb 2015
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133 siq : ethnic groups are distinguished by ancestry, culture, and social location . Social significance of categories of race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity are constantly changing, and are ascribed. Subjective approaches to ethnicity: ethnic identity as variable and flexible, not fixed. Example: experience of visible minority univeristy students described (henry and. Example: quebec: civic nationalism (if you reside in a certain country) versus ethnic nationalists (new society) Therefore, race and ethnicity are important parts of our social reality. 3 forms: based on racist ideas, institutional practices that were originally rcist but no longer are, institutions that unintentionally restrict the chances of certain groups (i. e. racial profiling. The racial profiling debate in toronto: data, denials and confusion (scott wortley. Blacks have higher incidences of being stopped and julian tanner) by police. The height and weight requirements for joining the police force discriminated against certain ethnic groups.
