SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Critical Race Theory, Semiotics, Social Inequality
25 Feb 2017
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The meanings of race are historically specific in meaning different things to different people in different places at different times. Act as a base for the formation of social groups as they have shaped the formation of real or imagined communities of people. Both represent the lived experiences of individuals and groups and reveal clear and real dimensions of social inequality. Critical race theorists have used only a sociological approach when examining the ei but have used semiotics as well. Signs are made up of a) signifiers - the word or image from which the sign takes- and b) signified - the concepts and ideas they represent. Semiotics examines how meaning is constructed, interpreted and understood through signs we create, including cinematic and televisual words and images. Usually associated with social characteristics with a recognized symbolism. Custom , beliefs, ideas, language, politics, history and other symbols that hold the group together and recognized as part of one"s identity.
