introduction to the sociology of race and ethnicity in the United States

Race

A socially constructed human classification system, that groups people according to various phenotypiccal characteristics

Ethnicity

A shared lifestyle informed by cultural historical, religious and or national affiliations and can transcend national borders and be spreader around the world

Nationality

Defined by citizenship or continued residence in a nation

Social majority

The social group considered to have the most power in a particular place

Critical race theory

The idea that racism can be built into laws systems and institutions not just individual actions

Jim Crow

The system of state and local laws, rules and customs that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchise African-Americans in the US from 1870 till 1960s