SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scientific Racism, Erms, Racialization
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Last time: globalization & global inequality, pt 2. Today: social construction of race & ethnicity, part 1. Social sources (esteem or presitge accorded to members of different ascribed or achieved status groups) Also by membership in formal or informal groups or parties - facilitating the mobilization towards a particular social or political goal. Acribed status affects the other element sof this equation in many important ways ie. economic power (ability to attain a certian class or market position) Race and ethnicity also affect ones achieved status ie. one"s ability to enter prestigious occupation or to pursue other goals that are accorded a high level of status in society. Also affects people"s ability to access networks that facilitate policital mobilization. Races and ethncities are status groups are culturally constructed groups and they are culturally constructed int erms of hieracrics of moral worth.
