SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: White Supremacy, Color Blindness, Glass Ceiling

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Racial group: around set apart from others because of physical differences that have taken social significance. Ethnic group: group set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns. Minority group: subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives: properties of minority groups include, unequal treatments, distinguishing cultural characteristics, involuntary membership, solidarity, in-group marriage. Ethnicity: distinction between racial and ethnic groups is not always clear, distinction between racial and ethnic groups socially significant. Functionalists: racial prejudice and discrimination positive for dominant groups. Conflict: economic structure a central factor in exploitation of minorities. Interactionists: everyday contact contributes to tolerance or hostility. Genocide: deliberate, systematic killing of entire people or nation. Segregation: physical separation of people in terms of residence. Amalgamation: happens when majority group and minority group combine to form a new group.