SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hypodescent, Miscegenation, Identity Negotiation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 507
• Professor: Cheryl Teelucksingh

Document Summary

Identity is: a product of our life experiences that change throughout life, a complex construct involving multiple aspects of oneself that may overlap or compete. The views of others play a significant role in identity construction. Self identity: allows an individual to situate themselves in social environments, relies in part on self image and self confidence. Code switching: some people react differently when faced with members of. Issues of authenticity are usually challenged their own ethnic community. Identity as perceived by others: socially constructed race, gender, class, etc. markers are used to tag the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s ide(cid:374)tity. Importance of labels and those who have the power to create and sustain labels. Identity negotiation is comprised of self-concept of identity and identity as identity perceived by others. Mixed race identities challenge traditional racial categories that separate races. However, racial categories are not stable; but socially constructed. Problem of classifying = notion of hypodescent.