SOCI 100 Chapter Notes -Social Distance, Authoritarian Personality, Trait Theory
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Race a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. Based on physical characteristics skin color, facial features, hair texture, body shape. Result of ancestors living in different regions of the world. Middle east (western asia) cross roads of migration. Why do people make so much of race: allows societies to rank people in a hierarchy, allowing some to think they are better than others by nature , shapes access to wealth and prestige. People classify themselves to an ethnic group based on common ancestors, language, and religion. Easily modified immigrants discard cultural traditions while aboriginal people try to revive their heritage. Involves great deal of variability people classify themselves to more than 1 ethnic group. Minority any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates. Two important characteristics: minorities must share a distinct identity based on physical or cultural traits.
