BIOL 1202 : Test 3
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What is race: social construction of race is a far more common way of understanding racial categories, race is not biologically identifiable. What is ethnicity: ethnicity is a term that describes shared culture. The practice, values, and beliefs of a group: meaning changes over time just like the meaning of race. What are minority groups: minority group was defined by louis wirth as. Example: adolf hitler used jewish people as scapegoats for germany"s problems. Multiple identities- being multiple races: you can be a quarter black, a quarter asian, a quarter white, and a quarter. Prejudice and racism: prejudice is not based on an experience its a prejudgment originating outside of actual experience, racism is a type of prejudice that is used to justify the belief that superior races exist. Discrimination: there are anti-discrimination laws, emile durkheim calls racism a social fact, meaning that it does not require. 11. 3 theories of race and ethnicity theoretical perspectives.
