SA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Italians, Eqal, Human Taxonomy

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Jakub Burkowicz

Document Summary

Identify the ways in which race is socially construccted. Explain racism from the perspective of the social conflict appraoch. Socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society considers to be important. Skin colour isnt enough, body shape, hair, eye shape, focial feature. Socially constructed, make up categories by agreeing these are the characteristics of certain people. Learn to see entire category of people. Shared cultural heritage, bundle of features referring to national origins, ancestry, religion, bundle of cultural stuff. Easier to see ethnicity as social construct. 10% who rule south africa are majority (white peolle) Those who do not have power and resources. Any category of people that are distinguished physically or culturally. Refers to anoyeon other than aborigional and causations. 4 types of governing models for managing difference and diversity. Eliminating groups of people, systematically killing one category of people by another. Physical and social separation of various categories of people.