SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Oka Crisis, Reverse Racism, Mohawk People
26 Feb 2016
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Prejudice: an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Discrimination: unfair treatment of people because of their group membership. Race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives. Racism is not ubiquitous (universal), it doesn"t exist everywhere and it can increase over time. Social construct: society bestows it with meaning, or labels it, and treats it in a particular way. Evident by the way racial categories differ over time. Some believe that we should stop talking about race, because by talking about it, we are making it more apparent and makes race more real. Race and comedy; whether we laugh or feel offended depends on: Your race and ethnicity and that of those producing the humour. When there are no clearly identifiable intentions:
