SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jim Crow Laws, Scientific Racism, Miscegenation
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The belief that one race is inherently superior to another. Racial essentialism- the idea that supposedly natural differences separate races. Scientific racism- the origins, explanations, and classifications of race. Social darwinism- the so(cid:272)ial (cid:862)sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al of the fittest(cid:863) Eugenics- controlling racial traits that can be passed from generation to generation (ie hitler and the nazis) Jim crow laws, segregation- re-emulate slavery, extreme racism. One-drop rule- if you had one drop of african blood you were considered to be african. Prejudice: thoughts and feelings about a racial group. Discrimination: acting on those thoughts and feelings. Merto(cid:374)"s (cid:272)hart: active bigot- prejudiced and discriminates, timid bigot- prejudices only, fair-weather liberal- dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)ates o(cid:374)ly (cid:894)peer pressure, do(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tually feel that way, all-weather liberal- neither prejudices or discriminates (cid:894)(cid:373)ajority or do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t ra(cid:272)e(cid:895) i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)ority(cid:863) groups. Color-blind racism: promotion of race neutrality when it actually helps to maintain existing racial and ethnic inequalities.
