SOCI 1010 1nd Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I. Sociology as a Sciencea. Scienceb. Empiricalc. FalsifiableII. Why can sociology be seen as threatening?III. Social StatisticsOutline of Current Lecture I. The House We Live In Video a. Race being socially constructedb. Illusionary but RealII. Optional v. Symbolic EthnicityCurrent LectureI. The House We Live in Video:a. 20 minute video clip including examples of how race is socially constructedi. Video talked about immigrants trying to become naturalized citizens and how Supreme Court rulings contradicted themselves, proving that race is socially constructedii. First ruling was a Japanese man. Supreme Court denied his ability to become a naturalized citizen because he wasn’t white and was scientifically of Mongoloid descentThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. Three months later, an Indian man used the Science that scientifically Indians were “white” and therefore he should be able to be a naturalized citizen. The court contradicted itself and ruled that no science was accepted and his request was denied because he was Caucasian because he didn’t meet the “common definitely of a white man”iv. Socially constructed because the definition for race could changev. Socially constructed because you could legally switch race just by crossingstate lines (different state laws)b. Race is Illusionary but Reali. Illusionary because the categories are in our headii. Real because they have consequences and are given social meaningII. Optional v. Symbolic Ethnicitya. From reading “Optional Ethnicities” by Watersb. THE BIG IDEAL: Waters argues that ethnicity is optional for white Americans in a way that is not for othersc. Optional Ethnicity: you can choose to hyphenate or choose from your repertoire (ex. Irish-American, Scottish-American, etc.)d. Symbolic Ethnicity: there are no consequences, it doesn’t affect your every day life, and you draw upon positives (ex. Only recognizing that you’re Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day) i. Optional only for white Americans because being of another racial category and claiming from your repertoire or hyphenating (ex. French-African American) wouldn’t be accepted in the same way as if a white American claimed it. ii. Waters also argues that ethnicity isn’t symbolic for non-whites because they are continually affected or impacted in their daily
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