Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Myocyte, Usain Bolt, Human Genome Project
13 Oct 2018
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Unit 4: social determinants: race and ethnicity in sports and p. a: Race : for us it is socially constructed, that"s why the authors use quotations beside it. Gender in the model": social construction of (my) sport experience: If this happens frequently or reliably, we have a social impact. How would you define race: you know it when you see it, goes beyond biology, goes beyond population, what it is, is a dif story. Goal of this case: to prove race as a social construction. Website from pbs: u. s racial categorization exercise test, wanted to raise awareness for racialization and racial power. A population of people who are believed to be naturally or biologically distinct from other populations . Must look at something to know we"re dealing with race. Main identifier: skin colour" (this is the very essence of social construction) A socially constructed classification system based on meanings people give to particular traits.
