SOC 103 Chapter Notes -Internalized Racism, Minority Group, Fallacy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Tonya Davidson

Document Summary

Soc 103 chapter 9 race and racialization. Minority: category of people who are socially disadvantaged, lack social power, and definable from the majority. (minority is not represented by number but the lack of power. Race: a group of people who were physically and genetically distinguished from other groups. Racialization: process of attributing complex characteristics to racial categories. Internalized racism: members of a racial group assume the attributes associated with that racial classification and incorporate them into their identities. Ethnicity: includes majority or minority status, ancestry language and religious affiliation. Ethnic group: collection of people who identify with each other and share a common culture, art forms, language, music, traditions and beliefs. Immigration levels are the result of many forces: displacement of people caused by war, economic growth or collapse, changes in immigration policies, changes in global communication and transportation networks. Prejudice: a prejudgment; negative assessment about what a person or group is like before actually meeting them.