Sociology Unit 5-6

Stratification

The creation of layers of people who possess unequal shares of valuable resources

Aristocracy

Old money families of immense wealth who exert outsized control over a nation

Disproportional

something that is surprising or unreasonable in amount/size when compared to something else

Discrepancy

a lack of compatibility or similarities with two or more facts

Statistically Significant

a determination made by an analyst that the results in data aren’t explainable by chance alone

Privilege

certain benefits that only certain groups receive

Oppression

prolonged cruel of unjust treatment/control used as a strategy to maintain privlege

Colonialism

acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically

Race

a social construct (NOT biological) that groups people based on skin color and has real consequences

Social Darwinism

the stronger race will become powerful and wealthy, while others remain poor

Racism

the belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance

Institutional Racism

when racist beliefs are turned into systems for profit and control in the form of laws, customs, and rules

Ethnicity

cultural identity based upon the nations/countries of our ancestors and carries a genetic marker

Ethnocentrism

the attitude that one’s own group, ethnicity, or nationality is superior

Nationality

the nation in which you live, are naturalizing, or where you are a citizen

Xenophobia

the hatred and mistreatment of immigrants

Class consciousness

referring to an individuals awareness of their social status

False class conciousness

adopting beliefs, values, and ideologies that support capitalist systems, even when they work against you

Minorities

people with less numbers and power in a society

Poverty

the state of being extremely poor