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23 Cards in this Set
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This is a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distinct group.
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Race
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The set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group.
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Ethnicity
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People who share a common cultural background and a common sense of idenity.
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Ethnic Group
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Louis Wirth identified this as a group of people who are singled-out and unequally treated because of their physical characteristics and or cultural practices.
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Minority Group
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This is upheld by law.
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Legal Discrimination
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The denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership and involes behaviors.
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Discrimination
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This refers to attitudes and is an unsupported generalization about a category of people.
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Prejudice
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Refers to the outgrowth of the structure of a society.
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Institutionalized Discrimination
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This is an oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable generalization about a group of people.
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Stereotype
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This is a prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true.
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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This is the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races or ethnic groups.
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Racism
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This is prejudiced and openly discriminatory.
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Active Bigot
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This is prejudiced but is afraid to discriminate because of socital pressures.
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Timid Bigot
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This is the practice of placing the blame for one's trouble's on an innocent individual or group.
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Scapegoating
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One response to ethnic and racial diversity.
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Cultural Pluralism
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This is the blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture identity.
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Assimilation
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These are policies that physically separate minority groups from the dominate group.
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Segregation
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Segregation based on laws.
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De jure Segregation
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Segregation based on informal norms.
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De facto Segregation
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This is maintaining control over a group though force.
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Subjugation
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This is the ownership of one person by another.
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Slavery
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This is the extermination of a entire targeted population.
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Genocide
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This is the combination of population transfer and extermination.
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Ethnic Cleansing
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