[SOC 300] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (51 pages long!)
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Sociology of diversity lecture week two, january 27th. Diversity: talking about race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, family structure, and regional cultures (difference from what is considered the normative canadian identity; based on a white, anglo saxon, protestant, upper middle class ideal) Di(cid:448)ersit(cid:455) refers to differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)fro(cid:373) a (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)(cid:863) that has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)reated through the enlightenment, man as a rational being meant as a white ruling class male; people who are outside of the norm are diverse) I(cid:374) the (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s the (cid:374)or(cid:373) i(cid:374)(cid:272)luded heterose(cid:454)ualit(cid:455), and also being able bodied. Fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) referred to (cid:271)lood or legal ties, a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g outside of this (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:374)o fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) differences) Cultures located outside of the norm are considered to be diverse, as canadian identity is seen as british descent, protestant religion, middle class, white. Until 1947 there was no such thing as canadian citizenship, until then it was only a british citizenship; you were not a citizen but a subject of the king or queen.
