SOC 210 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: White Supremacy, Institutional Racism, Racial Politics
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Ch 3: racial ideologies from the 1920s to the present . Twentieth century: race became associated with science: cultural explanations emerged. Social constructionist ideas of race have become the norm: biological racism -> cultural racism -> color blind racism. Racial ideology: people can be divided into groups based on their appearance and genetic characteristics, groups of people share moral and cultural attributes. Racial prejudice: people belong to distinct races and that these racial groups have innate hierarchical differences that can be measured and judged. Racial discrimination: practice of treating people differently on the basis of race. Racial ideology: principles and ideas that divides people into different racial groups and serves the interests of one group. Color blind ideology: race is not explicitly acknowledged, but individual prejudices, acts of racial discrimination, and structures of inequality work to benefit whites. Trayvon martin: black men who wear hoodies and baggy jeans are dangerous, no one wants to be labeled as racist.
