ANTH 1120 Chapter 6: CA p. 169-178 Social Hierarchies and Race

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: Christianne Stephens

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Race as a form of social stratification: franz boas, discredited ideas that separation b/w people exists based on race, class, gender, ethnicity, etc. Constructing the ideology of racism: class based on class hierarchy, can be based on people working hard at what they do, ca(cid:374) also (cid:271)e (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)iology, race/intelligence. Race in canada: race is natural + biological, ascribed, has social consequences, racism prejudice because of physical differences, gets people to correlate certain differences with groups. Ku klux klan: founded in tennessee, 1865, purpose was to cause terror, 1920s became established in canada for recently freed slaves thought of french canadians + catholics to be amongst those to cause terror for. Examples of groups promoting racism in north america. (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed (cid:449)hite (cid:894)(cid:862)the (cid:373)aste(cid:396) (cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:863)(cid:895) (cid:396)a(cid:272)e to (cid:271)e (cid:271)ette(cid:396: canadian nazi party (1960s) thought it would be wiped out, edmund burke society (1960s, nationalist party = radical right, aryan nations = radical right, mongrelisation = interracial mixing.