SOC101Y1 Final: CHPT 8 RACE AND ETHNICITY RELATIONS TEXT AND LECTURE STUDY NOTES .doc

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Civic nationalism: form of nationalism in which the social boundaries of the nation are defined in territorial and geographic terms. Culture of poverty thesis: the theory that some ethnic groups do not readily assimi- late, and hence are poor because their culture does not value economic success, hard work, and achievement. Discrimination: refers to practices that deny members of particular groups equal ac- cess to societal rewards(unfair treatment of people because of the groups their in) Institutional racism: refers to discriminatory racial practices built into such prominent structures as the political, economic and education systems. New racism: theory that suggests that it is natural for groups to form bounded commu- nities. Points systems: used by canadian government to select independent immigrants. Prejudice: an unfavorable, generalized, and rigid belief applied to all members of a group(real or imagined characteristics) Primordialist thesis: theory that ethnic attachments reflect a basis tendency of people to seek out, and associate with, their own kind .