SOC 1501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Bisexuality, Gender Role, Social Constructionism
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Race and ethnicity: race: a category of people who have been singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair texture, eye shape, or other subjectively selected attributes, race refers only to physical characteristics, but the concept of ethnicity refers to cultural features, ethnic group: a collection of people distinguished, by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics, ethnic group share five main characteristics: (1) unique cultural traits, such as language, clothing, holidays, or religious practice; (2) a sense of community; (3) a feeling of ethnocentrism (4) ascribed membership from birth; and (5) territoriality, or a tendency to occupy a distinct geographic area, ethnicity provides individuals with a sense of identity and belonging based on not only their perception of being different, but also on others" recognition of their uniqueness.
