SOC 1010 Chapter Notes -Institutional Racism, Redlining, Birth Weight
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Race: a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups; share a common geographically based ancestry. Ethnicity: belonging to a social group that has distinctive cultural and traditional characteristics. Pure races: no such thing as pure races due to interracial relations. Fixed number of races: there is no set number of races, ranges anywhere from. Racial superiority: idea that one race is dominant over another has been debunked, as it is crucial to deconstruct the ideological nature of a superior race. Changes in racial/ethnic composition in the u. s. : Growing increasingly diverse; predicted that whites will make up less than 50% of the population in 2050. Foreign born population increased nearly three times from 1970 to 2015. Nativist movement: wants to limit immigrants to the u. s. ; includes these recent changes in policy: Limit number visas for jobs & asylum seekers. Send home children getting special medical care in the u. s.
