Soci 287 unit 8 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why are white people invisible compared to racialized groups in Canada? - They are the dominant group who wrote the master narrative, thus they are normalized as compared to the minorities. Do you agree that non-white people cannot be racist in Canada? What are the arguments for either side in this case? - No I do not agree. Racism exists only for those who have power. Only the dominant class can be racist, minorities cannot be racist because they lack institutional power, at most they can b...

1. Anthropogenic derived from human activities 2. Erosion The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another 3. Runoff Part of the water cycle where an excess of water runs down and does not sink into the soil and eventually makes it to the rivers, lakes, and oceans. 4. Denitrification process in which fixed nitrogen compounds are con- verted back into nitrogen gas and returned to the atmosphere 5. Nitrification ammonia (NH3) is conv...