SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCL 2001 Chapter 9
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Paradox: race is so powerful it can have life or death consequences. Color of eyes - blue eyed people are better. Could do card pack faster if they weren"t wearing the collars. Had chance to get out all hostilities or feelings of aggression because you felt like. Have to put yourselves in their shoes. Wouldn"t let their own kids be discriminatory you had so much power. Quick movement to pat yourself on the back for not being racist - think okay we"re good, nothing bad will happen again. Parents would be lined up in offices. Raw look at the way people behave - especially when they feel social structure supports them aka the corroboration of the teacher. Beliefs happen - get enough other people to believe that as well spreads belief. A group who share a set of characteristics (usually physical) and are said to. Many historical efforts to explain race were biased due to .
