54050 Lecture 5: 54050 Self and Society Week 5 Lecture
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Australian vs american perspective- things change from societies overtime. Critical race theorists- anti-semitism consistent through history- to be white you do not experience racism. Chinese east asian immigrant- does the term have any meaning or is it the society you find yourself in. All named by columnist- (cid:862)(cid:449)hite a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)ies(cid:863)- fake aboriginal people (cid:862)so(cid:373)e of a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ho, ide(cid:374)tifies as a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al, a(cid:272)(cid:272)epted (cid:271)(cid:455) the a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) = slipperiness of race- get us to think more critically about race. Nnot one way of identifying people- census asks four different questions. Census: (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455) of (cid:271)irth, (cid:373)other a(cid:374)d father"s (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455) of (cid:271)irth, la(cid:374)guage spoke(cid:374) at ho(cid:373)e, ancestry- none of these by themselves can give you an accurate description of race, no clear definition. Us: social definition and not a biological definition- distinction important as main conceptual difference is between race and ethnicity. Race: genes, biology, biological truth, function of facial features, body shape etc seen as dangerous after wwi.
