Chapter 11 Sociology Ethnicity And Race

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Racial literacy

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skills in order to help them cope with racial hierarchies and to integrate multiple ethnic identities.--> antiracism training.

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Ethnicity

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cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart. Language, history, religion, ancestry, and style of dress.

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Race

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classification system that assigns individuals and groups categories that are ranked or hierarchical. -Physical variations.

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Situational ethnicity

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one the ways in which ethnic and racial identification is socially constructed. Assert or not reveal a aspect of their identity or heritage.

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Symbolic ethnicity

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members of an ethnic group assimilate into the larger culture.

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racism

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system of domination that operates in social processes and social institutions. or explicit beliefs in racial supremacy.

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Institutional racism

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racism pervades all of society's structures in a systematic manner.-Police, health care, education, and policies.

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Old racism vs new racism

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Old: biological racism based on differences in physical traits-->inferiority.
New: cultural arguments in order to support discrimination against certain peoples of the population.

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Antiracism

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confront racism, and do something about it.

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Prejudice

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opinions or attitudes held by members of one group toward one another. Often based on hearsay rather then direct evidence.

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Discrimination

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actual behavior toward another groups. exclusing or restricting mmeber os specific racial or ethnic groups from opportunities that are available to other groups.

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stereotyping

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thing in terms of fixed categories of individuals

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displacement

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feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings.

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Scapegoats

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people vent their antogonism against other who are then blamed for their problems.

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Minority group

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disadvantaged as compared with the dominant group, and have a sense of belonging to the group.

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genocide

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the systematic planned destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

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ethnic cleansing

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the creation of ethnically homogeneous areas through the mass expulsion of other ethnic populations.

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segregation

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groups closure whereby racial and ethnic groups are kept physically separate by law

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Assimilation

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new immigrant groups would assume that attitudes and language of the dominant white community

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melting pot

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merging different cultures and outlooks by stirring them together.

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pluralism

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ethnic cultures are given full validity to exist separately yet participate in the larger society's economic and political life.

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Multiculturalism

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ethnic groups exist separately and equally

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immigration and emigration

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Immigration: the movement of people into a country to settle.
emigration: the process by which people leave a country to settle in another.

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push and pull factors of emigration

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push: a country forces their people to emigrate.
pull: destination countries attract immigrants.

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diaspora

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the dispersal of an ethnic population from and original homeland into foreign areas, often in a forced and traumatic manner.