SOCIOL 101 Lecture 10: Sociology Notes Weeks 10, 11, 12 & 13
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Shared cultural heritage, category of people who have common ancestry, language, religion, and culture: prejudice is based on ignorance, so as societies become more socially aware, prejudice and racism decrease. Category of people distinguished by physical or cultural traits who are socially disadvantaged. A rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people: theoretical causes of prejudice. Scapegoat theory - a person or category of people, typically with little power, whom people unfairly blame for their own troubles. : immigrants are stealing our jobs , anti-semitism during the holocaust. Authoritarian personality traits - person in power who looks down on people below them, not highly educated, if they have prejudice for one minority it is likely they will have prejudice towards all other minorities. Cultural theory - some degree of prejudice exists in all cultures. Patterns of interaction among race and ethnic groups: Pluralism - ethnic groups are distinct, recognized, and have more or less equal standing in society.
