SOC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Institutionalized Discrimination, De Jure, Ethnic Group
25 Nov 2016
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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 subjective attributes. Ethnic group:collection of people distinguished, by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics ->share 5 main characteristics. 1)unique cultural traits 2)sense of community 3)feeling of ethnocentrism 4)ascribed membership from birth 5)territoriality. 9. 2 racial classification and the meanings of race. Dominate group:a racial or ethnic group that has the greatest power and resources in a society. Subordinate group:group whose members, b/c of physical or cultural characteristics, are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment and discrimination by the dominant group. Stereotypes:overgeneralizations about the appearance, behavior, or other characteristics of members of particular categories. A negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of specific racial, ethnic, or. Biased against members before having any contact w/ -can be positive or negative.
