Untitled Flashcards Set

Nacirema

A North American group living in territories between the Canadian Cree, Yaqui, Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles.

Sociological Imagination

A quality of mind that helps individuals use the intersection of history and biography to understand the broader social forces influencing personal experiences.

Troubles

Private matters experienced by an individual that are directly connected to history and biography, often related to personal values being threatened.

Issues

Public matters that affect societal values and are shared among a group, often overlooked as individuals may not recognize their personal experiences as part of a larger societal problem.

Social Class

A group of individuals sharing a similar economic position based on income, wealth, education, and/or occupation.

Ascribed Status

Social status assigned at birth that is not based on personal achievements.

Achieved Status

Social status that is acquired through individual effort and accomplishments.

Capitalists

The owning class in an industrial capitalist society that derives income from their wealth.

Workers

The laboring classes who work for wages but do not possess wealth in the same way as capitalists.

Racial Capitalism

The process by which racialization, exploitation, and capital accumulation are interconnected and must be examined together.

Intersectionality

The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, which create overlapping systems of disadvantage.

Implicit Bias

The subconscious associations made between seemingly unrelated concepts or individuals.

Explicit Bias

Prejudice that one is openly aware of and consciously expresses.

Redlining

The discriminatory practice of denying mortgage loans to individuals based on racial or ethnic factors, often affecting access to housing.

Whiteness as Property

The argument that being white has conferred significant social and economic advantages, viewed as a form of property in itself.

Feminism

The advocacy for women's rights and equality, aiming to eliminate patriarchy and address gender inequalities.

Coverture

Historical legal doctrine under which married women had no separate legal identity from their husbands.

Social Control of Sexuality

The societal enforcement of normative behaviors regarding sexual practices through laws, values, and social interactions.

Psychological Wage of Whiteness

The non-material benefits and value that white individuals perceive they receive from their racial identity, beyond their economic earnings.

Racial Formation Theory

The sociohistorical process by which racial identities are created, lived out, transformed, and destroyed.

Cultural Capital

The non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means, such as education and cultural knowledge.