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17 Cards in this Set
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a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distintive group
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RACE
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the set of cultural characterictics that distingushes one group from another group is
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ETHNICITY
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people who share a common sense of identity are known as
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ETHNIC GROUPS
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a group of people who bc of their physical chac or cultural practices are singled out and unequally treated
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MINORITY GROUP
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denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership
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DISCRIMINATION
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an unsupported generalization about a category of people
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PREJUDICE
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discrimination that is upheld by law
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LEGAL DISCRIMINATION
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an outgrowth of the structure of society
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INSTITUTIONALIZED DISCRIMINATION
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an over stimulated, exaggreated, or unfavorable generalization about a group of people
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STEREOTYPE
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a prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true
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SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
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the belief that ones own race or ethinic group is superior to other races or groups.
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RACISM
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the practice of placing the blame for ones troubles on an innocent individual or group
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SCAPEGOATING
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this policy allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identiy
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CULTURAL PLURALISM
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the blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a commn culture and identity
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ASSIMILATION
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policies that physicllay seperate a minorty group from the domint gropup
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segeration
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based on laws
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De Jure segeration
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segergation ased on informal norms
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de facto segretion
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