SOCI 217 Study Guide - Final Guide: Resource Allocation, Ethnocentrism, Racial Hygiene
3 May 2017
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Identity real or perceived shared phenotypical (physical composure) differences. Structure a hierarchy of power based on real or perceived phenotypical differences operating through the unequal distribution of resources (jobs, education, health, housing) Discourse a way of identifying and explaining the significance of those differences. Traits skin color, hair texture, eye shape, facial features; difficult to rely on this because you cannot determine race by. Identity actual or perceived shared cultural traits rooted in common descent. Structure a hierarchy of power based on real or perceived cultural differences operating through the unequal distribution of resources (jobs, education, health, housing) Discourse a way of identifying and explaining the significance of those differences (culturally) Traits food, language, religion, national origin, how people identify you, and not how you identify yourself, so it becomes your identity. You have a dimension of stratification by putting people into a hierarchy.
