SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Minority Group, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Closed System
Document Summary
Race and ethnicity are socially constructed because the meanings attached to each are created, maintained, and modified over time through social processes in which we all take part. Race is a socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people. Ethnicity is a socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor: race=bio, ethnicity=culture. Symbolic ethnicity: ethnic identity only relevant on specific occasions (irish-americans on st. patricks) Situational ethnicity: ethnic identity displayed or concealed depending on the situation. Majority minority: whites are less than half the population but still dominant group in power (california and texas) Minority group: members of a social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society"s dominant groups but who are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups. Racism: one race more superior than the other.
