SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Indian Act, Asian Canadians, Herbert J. Gans
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The social setting a person is raised and educated has big impact on iq, nothing to do with biology. Certain social conditions lead to high levels of participation in sports o. People who face prejudice and discrimination enter professional sports in large numbers for lack of other ways to improve social and economic standing. Prejudice: an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Discrimination: unfair treatment of people because of their group membership. Racial intermarriage has been increasing in canada since 1871. Biological category of race has lost all meaning. Valuable analytical tool to the degree that people who use the term remember is refers to socially significant physical differences rather than to biological differences that shape behaviour patterns. Perceptions of racial differences are socially constructed and arbitrary. Race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives.
