SOCI 1125

• In the 1920's he administred IQ tests to those who wanted to immigrate to Canada
• He did not want defectives into the country
• However, it is concluded that race/ethnicity has NOTHING to with IQ

An attitude that judges a person in his/her groups real or imagined characteristics

Unfair treatment of people of a certain group

• Blacks are not actually better at sports than whites
• Sports are a tool to improve socio-economic standing
• other avenues of upward mobility tend to be blocked

• High levels of genetic mixing has taken place among many people
• It is uncommon to be "purely one race"

• race is an important sociological concept due to the perceptions
• Racial distinction  are social constructs, not a biological given

Social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers

Disadvantaged person or category of people whom others blame for their own problems

Allows social inequality to be created

comprises people whose culutural markers are socially significant

Called Canada in the mid-twentieth century a vertical mosaic

Highly ethnically and racially stratified society

In determining the economic success of an ethnic/racial group is the resources people possess(education, money etc)

social structure than biology and culture

• Shift in racial or ethnic identity is common
• If social context changed then negotiation of self changes too

• Idea that race and ethnicity is socially constructed does not mean that everyone can choose their racial/ethnic identity freely
• Whites have the most freedom

A nostalgic allegiance to the culture of the immigrant generation, or old country, that is not usually incorporated in every day behaviour

belief that a visible characteristic of a group (skin color) indicated group inferiority and justifies discrimination

Bias that is inherent in social institutions and not noticed by the majority group

involved people from one country invading and taking political, cultural, and economic control over people from another country

• Involves one race or ethnic group subjugating another in the same country
• Prevents assimilation in terms of jobs, housing, and social contacts

The forcible removal of a population from a territory claimed by another population

International extermination of a particular race

Forcible capture of land and econmoic and political domination of its inhabitants

• 1. Potential demographic decline of the Quebecois
• 2. Assimilation of immigrants into English culture
• 3. Persistent ethnic stratification
• 4. Continued use of English as the language of private industry

Ownership and control of people

Low wage workers of one race and high-wage workers of another compete for the same job

• create inequality and bind group members together
• Ethnic communities remain vibrant in Canada because immigration continues at a rapid pace (3rd Country with most immigrants)

• 1. Ethnic group membership can have economic disadvantages
• 2. Ethnnic group membership can be politically useful
• 3. Ethnic group membership continues to persist because of the emotional support it provides.

Communities whose boundaries exist betwenn or among countries

retention of racial and ethnic culture combined with equal access to basic social resources

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• We are a society pased on assimilation, pluralism, and segregation

Policy that gives preference to minority group members if equally qualified people are available for a position