SOCIOL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Drapetomania, Cultural Assimilation, Ethnic Group
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An ethnic group is a category of ppl defined on basis of cultural characteristics and common heritage. A subordinate group that occupies an inferior position due to prestige, wealth, and power. Institutional discrimination: practices and societal trends that exclude minorities from economic opportunity, power, and prestige. Genocide: extermination and systematic killing of a certain race. Direct expulsion: forcible ejection of a minority from an area (ex: trail of tears) Indirect expulsion: use of harassment, discrimination, and persecution to encourage minorities to leave. Exclusion: policies that refuse admission or citizenship to certain categories of ppl (ex: blacks can"t vote) Oppression: policies that exploit a minority by excluding them from = participation in society (ex: slavery) Segregation: the formal separation of different categories of ppl. Assimilation: occurs when a minority group is absorbed into dom culture. Structural assimilation: occurs when minorities are integrated primary/secondary social relationships w dom group (live in same neighborhood, attend same school)
