CRM 3318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ottawa Citizen, European Canadian, Institutional Racism
6 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Du bois was famously quoted in 1903 as saying that "the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the colour-line". Fredrik barth (1969: was one of the first sociologists to explore how ethnicity was socially constructed, argued that ethnicity involved both self-ascription and the ascription of others. John farley (2000) defines an ethnic group "as a group of people who are generally recognized by themselves and/or by others as a distinct group, with such recognition based on social or cultural characteristics". Important elements to ethnicity: perceived common ancestry, the perception of a shared history of some sort. Shared symbols of peoplehood (kinship patterns, geographical concentration, religious affiliation, language, etc. ) Self consciousness (ethnic groups see themselves as distinct but source for self consciousness is often labels used by others). Scientific research ahs shown genetic differences among human groups that we view as races are inconsistent and insignificant.
