SOC 507 Lecture 2: Theoretical Perspectives
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Theories of biological and cultural superiority: physical sciences played a key role especially in the 19th century, to social science theory. Much of social science followed this idea: eugenics - (20th century) emphasis on need to breed intelligence. 3 fold classification : caucasian - white, mongoloid - asian, negroid - black. Monday, january 23, 2017: 1950s-1960s - assimilation emerged as a theory to manage race relations (a pattern of interactions between people who are racially different, assimilation developed in a response to rise in immigration. Racism : a system in which one group exercises power over another on the basis of skin colour: shift from race-relations to examining power-relations examining inequalities in institutions and policies. This shift mens moving away from race-relations and putting an emphasis on racism where we examine society rather than blacks: new racism/cultural racism. Racism that is embedded in the value system of a society.
