URST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Carl Linnaeus, Neogeography, Urban History
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Cities of difference - race, ethnicity and identity. Racial slurs in hong kong --> example of how racial differences are still present in our contemporary society (despite calls for racial harmony) Neo-geography: taking the information out there, and attempting to geo- code them according to geographical locations (e. g. taking tweets and identifying the geographical location) Showed that there were more racist tweets in alabama than the rest of the us. This study shows that the past is not dead, racism still exists (and the presence of racial injustice) --> especially in the us, it is present in. Race: members of a group who see themselves (and whom others see) as having specific physical traits that set them off as different. Racism often begins with physical traits like appearance. Used as a social class of categorization and differentiation (attempts to link physical traits to relate to social class) Ethnicity: the way in which individuals define their personal identity and.
