SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ethnic Group, Melting Pot, Social Inequality
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Morton collected data from bb-sixed shots and noted the race of a person and made his conclusions. System of social inequality had biological and natural roots. Two most oppressive forms of of domination: colonization and slavery. Prejudice- attidude that judges person on his or her groups real or imagined acteristics. Saying that african are genetically inferior to whites in sports idea reflect black-white inferiority. Humanity has experienced so much intermixing that race is a biological category has lost nearly all meaing. Race matters because it can possbialy allow inequality to be created. Ethnic group- people whos cultural markers and deemed significant. There are substantial difference such as income with is a difference marker. Canadian value system encouraged retention of ethnic culture making canada low mobility society. Melting pot- values the disappearance of ethnic and racial difference.
