Week 10: Race - Social Hierarchires Flashcards
scientific racism
the idea that race/racism was supported by science
W.E.B Dubois
there is no genetic basis for “race”
Concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people
phenotype
someone’s observable characteristics resulting from the genotype’s reaction with the environemnt
George J. Sefa Dei
“racism makes race real”
we must combat racism
Black/white prism
a recognition into how our society acknowledges that proximity to whiteness is rewarded
Systemic Racism
white superiority is embedded in politics and processes of an institution
social stratification
ranking of individuals in a society
aging
experienced differently in different sociocultural contexts
anti aging
active in the community
social class
Max Weber - “status class prestige”
honour, achievements, religion
castes
you are born into and cannot leave
social stratification is fixed - no mobility
open class system
individual achievement and personal merit determining social rank
