SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Xenophobia, Culture Shock, Nominalism
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A huge component in a given society. Cultural, linguistic and ethnic background varies greatly in canada. We are considered the most multicultural society in the world. The ethnic fractionalization index measures the probability that two randomly selected people from the same country are not of the same ethnic linguistic, or cultural group. Approximately 55% of respondents in an opinion poll indicated that multiculturalism is good. Could be a response from those races considered supreme . Worried about the erosion of national/common identity. And: culture includes: how we think, how we act, what we own material possessions. In effect, everything we create with our hands and our minds. Material culture: physical creations that members of a society make, use, and share. Everything from zippers to our homes and satellites in space. Nonmaterial culture: abstract human creations of society that influence people"s behavior.
