ADMS 3450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Human Capital, Reverse Discrimination, Physical Attractiveness
11 Sep 2014
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States: clashes between irish, german, polish, and italian immigrants, conflicts over work, and residential segregation were common. There was a pecking order for whites, with the earliest immigrants, the. The past transiency and current meaning of race for whites: white ethnic groups were segregated from one another; certain jobs were reserved for members of one ethnic group and other jobs for other groups. Italians were perceived as likely to engage in criminal activity, a stereotype that remains to some extent (e. g. , mobsters). Irish catholics, many of whom had fled ireland in the face of religious persecution, faced open hostility and exclusion. Because whites are the dominant and majority group, they are less likely to be viewed as homogeneous (e. g. , in-group heterogeneity and out-group homogeneity. Despite their differences with black women activists, white female suffragists often pursued rights for blacks along with women"s rights to vote.
