SOC 101LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Aversive Racism, Institutional Racism, Racial Profiling
29 Jun 2019
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Can be ethnic or racial (or sexual preference, age, religion, or class status ) Group singled out of for unequal treatment and discrimination. They are not necessarily in the numerical minority. Sociologists refer to those who do the discriminating as the dominant group; they have greater power, more privileges, and higher social status. The dominant group attributes its privileged position to its superiority, not to discrimination. Some ethnic minorities feel an intense sense of ethnic identity while others feel very little. An individual"s sense of ethnic identity is influenced by the relative size and power of the ethnic group, its appearance, and the level of discrimination aimed at the group. If a group is relatively small, has little power, has a distinctive appearance, and is an object of discrimination , its members will have a heightened sense of ethnic identity. In everyday social interaction, people tend to categorize other people. Stereotype: oversimplified beliefs about members of a social group/social stratum.
