SY101 Lecture 13: SY101 Lecture 13 and 14
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Commonsense: different associations used to connect individual characteristics, behaviors, tastes, and attitudes to a persons perceived membership of a group, often on thesis of physical appearance. Sociologists have a different notion of race. Sociological: a social construction that divides humans into different and unequal categories on the basis of social, economic, and political forces: con ict theory (unequal forces/power) Race is often put in quotes because although we do think and act in society, the social construction of race exists, and we engage with each other through the categories of race. Race itself in reality is a ction ^ Racism is what makes us think about race. Sociological critique of race : race = social construct. Social construction: human beings actively create social life and social meanings. Biological attempt to determine varying genotypes between races. Vs. essentialism: attribute social constructs to biological or genetic causes (biology = destiny)
