SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Heritage Language, De Jure, Social Distance
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Nov 13rd lecture 8 race and ethnicity. Canada is a diverse and complex society composed of racially and ethnically different groups. Canada is widely renowned for its cultural democracy and harmonious ethnic diversity. Significant gains have been made in the past fifty years for visible" and non-visible" minority groups in canada. However, racism is an important part of canada"s history and part of its current circumstances. Vertical mosaic: canada"s ethnic groups are vertically arranged according to income, power, and prestige. Lautard and guppy compared 1971 and 2006 figures: concluded that ethnic stratification was less pronounced in 2006 than in 1971. Between 1931 and 2006 a decline in the significance of ethnicity occurred for both occupational differentiation and stratification. Occupational differentiation: reduction of ethnic division of labor of 30% for men, and 45% for women over 70 years. Occupational stratification: reduction of 50% for men and 45% for women over 50 years. Yet, ethnic origin continues to affect occupational inequality.
