Chapter 12 - Race and Ethnicity
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Race
Socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important
Ethnicity
Minorities
Any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that society sets apart and subordinates
Characteristics of Minorities
Share a distinctive identity
Experience subordination (lower everything basically)
Prejudice
A rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people
Stereotype
Simplified description applied to every person in some category
Social Distance scale
How closely people are willing to interact w/ members of some categories
Scapegoat Theory of Prejudice
prejudice springs from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged
usually unfairly blame people with little power
Authoritarian Personality Theory
Certain individuals have personality traits that makes them more inclined to prejudice
Culture Theory
Everyone has some level of prejudice
Conflict Theory
Prejudice is used as a tool by powerful people to oppress others
Pluralism
A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct, but have equal social standing
Assimilation
Process which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture
Segregation
The physical and social separation of categories of people
Genocide
The systematic killing of one category of people by another