Sociology 2179A/B Lecture 9: Sports and Society chapter 9 race and ethinicty .docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2179A/B
• Professor: Hamelnick

Document Summary

Class stickie notes: whats the first thing that comes into your mind when you think ethnicity and sports, black people = basketball, white people = hockey, african americas can run and jump, only white people can play hockey, only spanish people are good a soccer. Defining race: race = a population of people who are believed to be naturally or biologically distinct from other populations, race depends on a classification system through which meanings are given to physical traits, notes: we tend to categorize people into stereotypes based on race and ethnicity.