SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Heritage Canada, Visible Minority
26 Mar 2019
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Race, ethnicity and stratification: race versus ethnicity. Racial and ethnic stratification in canada: patterns explanation, race, physical characteristics, biologically transmitted which is socially constructed. Race is only important when a society views in that way: racial ranking: some are better than other, ethnicity. Immigrant: right to live in canada by immigration authority to live permanently: foreign born: 19. 8% of total canadian population in 2006. 20. 6% total canadian population in 2011: immigration is an important contributor to population growth immigration exceeded birth as cause of population growth, immigration influence on ethnic origins of ancestry, ethnic origins. Refers to ethnic or cultural origins of one"s ancestors: descendent and elder than grandparents. More than 200 ethnic origins were reported on the national household. Racist where racism is the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another. Primary criterion of national origins from white nations.
