SOSC 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kathleen Wynne
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Indians were used to keep the africans stay put. Ethnic groups are seen as homogenous but their differences: divided by tribes, religious views and political views. Race and ethnicity bring them together the only way they can survive in this world. Ethnicity: classification into types based on cultural characteristics. Race: social relation of inequality; physical difference and power. Social construction of power and ethnicity creates power. Ethnicity is used for certain dominance over others. Discrimination based on race (or ethnicity) justified by biological (or cultural) notions of difference and inferiority. It is reflected by social attitudes and stereotypes, but is essentially about power and privilege built into the structure of social institution (briskin) Hasn"t always been about colour in canada, it has been the religion as well. Institutional: systemic (made up of all 3 above, an episode of open discrimination [ex. commonly name calling].
