SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Siege Mentality, Racialization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 507
• Professor: Zabedia Nazim

Document Summary

Racism in policing based on a shared system of beliefs, assumptions, and attitudes that the dominant or white culture uses to make sense of, and render intelligible, the way a capitalistic, highly stratified society works dominance. Help to organize, maintain, and regulate particular forms of power and. Operates at a collective level, rather than as a function of individual beliefs. Racist ideology is embedded in the overall patterns of police culture. Police recruits do not display racial bias when entering the force. Shows that they may not be racist personally, but a strongly developed culture and value system within an org. that produces, supports, and reinforces racial bias and discrimination. They develop the culture and value system of the organization. The changes in the behavior are related to their job experiences and interactions with fellow officers. Canteen culture isolation, conservatism, machismo, a sense of mission, a siege mentality. Thin blue line mindset distinguishes us and them .