SOC 248 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Immigration Enforcement, Gini Coefficient, Ethnic Cleansing

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 248
• Professor: Caglar Cetin, Samee Shirazi, Tiffany Joseph

Document Summary

Race refers to different types of human bodies. Eugenics movement in the 1900s put an emphasis on white superiority and racial characteristics such as skin color, hair texture, nose shape etc purity. Tried to use science to prove the superiority of whites. Ethnicity - a social construction based on the culture and common interests. Genocide: when one group is targeted and oppressed. 1994 the hutu president killed by tutsi rebels. Compare rates of inequality between different countries around the world. U. s has the highest incarceration rate of industrialized countries. Rapid expansion of prison and businesses that supply goods to prisons. Has become privatized, government leaves and there are more profits for the. Less advantaged youth are expected to end up in prison due to lack of education and opportunity. Economy based on finance, insurance, and real estate sectors. When a product can not be sold commercially or advertised but it is not a.