Culture, Nationality, Race, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality (Video Notes)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture video on culture, race, ethnicity, and intersectionality.

Culture

The shared beliefs, practices, and material traits of a group, including nationality, ethnicity, race, sex and gender, religion, language, history, behavior, food, and music.

Nationality

Political status based on one's country of citizenship; essentially your citizenship and passport from a particular country.

Race

A socially constructed, pseudoscientific category based on physical traits and origins; its meaning varies by time and place and is not a fixed biological fact.

Ethnicity

A cultural/social category based on heritage, defined by shared language, traditions, religion, and self-identity; not outwardly visible.

Pseudoscientific racism

The misuse of 'science' to claim some races are superior; also called scientific racism; not legitimate scientific practice.

One-drop rule

A historical U.S. practice declaring anyone with any African ancestry to be Black; demonstrates how race is socially constructed.

Hispanic

A heritage term used in the U.S. Census to describe Spanish-speaking origins; often considered an ethnicity, not a race, and not based on appearance.

Latino / Latina

Heritage from Latin America; gendered terms for people from Latin America (Latino for males or mixed groups, Latina for females).

Latinx

Gender-neutral, inclusive form of Latino/Latina used to refer to Latin American heritage.

Latin American

People whose heritage originates from nations in the Americas south of the United States (including Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean).

Ethnicity vs Race

Ethnicity refers to cultural heritage and self-identified background; race refers to perceived physical traits and social classification; people of the same race can have different ethnicities, and people of different races can share ethnicity.

Intersectionality

A concept by Kimberlé Crenshaw describing how overlapping identities (race, gender, class, sexuality, etc.) intersect to produce unique experiences of oppression or advantage.

Subculture

A cultural group within a larger culture with beliefs or interests that differ from the dominant culture (e.g., hippies).

Socioeconomic status

A measure of social and economic conditions that influence one's position in society; examples include income, education, occupation, and access to resources.