SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Japanese-Canadian Internment, William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Background, appearance, classification, pattern, discrimination: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives. Religion, cultural traits, nationality, traditions, food, language: perceived cultural markers that are deemed socially significant. Ethnic groups differ in terms of language, religion. Development of racial and ethnic labels, and ethnic racial identity, is a: e. g. Racial or ethnic identity vs. imposed identity. Symbolic ethnicity no ties to ethnic background but classify themselves (e. g. italians) A social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives. Conflict: if your country is pushing for multiculturalism, the nation will not. Ethnic and racial stratification: white males still get the most jobs & best jobs, people hire people-like-people (white ceos) Race is an inadequate and even harmful way to think about human biological differences (goodman 2000)
