SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sociobiology, Racialization, Eugenics
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Sy 101 - d: lecture: wednesday, november 15th: Commonsense: different associations used to connect individuals characteristics, behaviours, tastes, and attitudes to a person"s perceived membership of a group, often on the basis of physical appearance. Sociological: a social construction that divides humans into different and unequal categories on the basis of social, economic and political force. Sociological critique of race: race = social construct. Social construction: human beings actively create social life and social meanings. Vs. essentialism: attributing social constructs to biological or genetic causes ( = destiny) Biological determinism: idea that people"s dispositions, attitudes, behaviours, social roles and other personal qualities are determined by their biology: race = ambiguous term. Eugenics: socio-biological sciences predicated on racist ideologies that promote practices that are supposed to purify and improve the genetic pool of a particular population. Belief of being similar is more important than the actual proof. 1986 - racial formation in the united states.
