SOC 019 Lecture 7: Lecture 7

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 019
• Professor: Matsumoto

Document Summary

Levels of discrimination: verbal expression, avoidance, exclusion, physical abuse, termination. Timid bigot = is prejudiced, does not discriminate. All-weather liberal = is not prejudiced, does not discriminate. Fair-weather liberal = is not prejudiced, does discriminate. Institutional discrimination when discrimination gets built into everyday assumptions and practices. Ex: sentencing inequalities, segregated housing, segregated schools. Sterotyping an oversimplified generalization without regard to individual differences. Profiling action taken by law enforcement officials on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, instead of a person"s behaviors. stereotyping in action.