SOC341H5 Lecture Notes - Emo, Remote Shell, Phenotype
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Study on muslim women in the workforce felt as though when there were phone interviews, they would be liked, however when they met face to face it was a whole new ball game. This idea that there are different human races wasn"t a neutral idea there was a hierarchy, the idea of being white was at the top and everything else was below that. White is superior in every way ( phy, emo and intell) higher evolution. This helped justify taking over peoples land and resources: racial designation typically implied inferiority, the unworthiness attached to race is inhernet. Creating an other, you don"t belong, you are less than. Was originally thought as a genetically distinct subpopulation of a species. It is a matter of categorizing individuals based on phenotypical differences (differences of facial characteristics, skin color and hair color) Scientific rsh has shown genetic differences among humans groups that we view as races are inconsistent and insignificant.
