SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Human Rights Act
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November 24th
EthnoCultural
Article: Hornosty
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examines literatures on the health status of Canada’s racialized groups
« (Hornosty): racism is a set of false beliefs that one racial groups is naturally superior
to another group based on biological differences.
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(Hornosty): racialization is the social process by which racial categories are
constructed as real, different and unequal in ways that have social, economic and
political consequences, such as social exclusion and marginalization.
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(Hornosty): social exclusion as processes whereby some groups in society are denied
access to material and social resources, which has the effect of excusing their
full
participation in society and
it
leads to inequality.
Racialized C
i
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racism shapes health behaviours, stress, economic deprivation, and access to health
care and preventative health care
