SOC445H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Racial Formation Theory, Social Forces, White Supremacy
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Why study race and race relations: race remains a central fixture in political discussions, social relationships, tensions and conflicts, ethnicity and race are key organizing principles, same way as gender and class, ex. Renaming elementary schools named after sir john a. macdonald: race is a social construction. Internment of japanese canadian citizens as "suspicious and disloyal to the. Winant reading: race appeals to biologically (phenotype) based features, value of certain characteristics is a social and historical process, no biological basis to race, colonialism birthed the classification of race. Robert park: predicted race would stop being central towards societal organization, racial bonds would disappear because of modernity and globalization. "race relations cycle: contact, competition, accommodation, assimilation, competition stage is unstable, more stable in accommodation, unequal relationships, ethnic differences diminish through assimilation, adopting same sentiments and identities, we are still stuck in competition.
