Chapter 8- Defining Race And Ethnicity

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Race

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a socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people

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Ethnicity

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a socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor

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Symbolic Ethnicity

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an ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life

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Situational Ethnicity

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an ethnic identity that can either be displayed or concealed based on its usefulness in a given situation

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Minority Group

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social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups though they are not necessarily fewer in number than in the dominant group

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Racism

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a set of belief's about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used t justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are genetic

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Prejudice

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an idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to al members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it

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Discrimination

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unequal treatment of individuals based on ther membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice

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Individual Discrimination

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discrimination carried out by one person against another

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Institutional Discrimination

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discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affect all members of a group who come into contact with it

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Passing

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presenting yourself as a member of a different racial or ethnic group than the one you were born into

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Double-Consciousness

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W.E.B DuBois's term for the divided identity experienced by blacks in America

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Embodied Identity

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those elements of identity that are generated through others' perceptions of our physical traits

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Miscegenation

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romantic, sexual, or marital relationships between people of different races

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Genocide

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the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, national, or cultural group

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Population Transfer

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the forcible removal of a group of people from the territory they have occupied

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Internal Colonialism

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the economic and political subjugation of the minority group by the dominant group within a nation

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Segregation

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the physical and legal separation of groups by race or ethnicity

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Assimilation

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a pattern of relations between ethnic or racial minority groups in which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream or dominant group, making society more homogenous

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Racial Assimilation

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the process by which racial minority groups are absorbed into the dominant group through intermarriage

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Cultural Assimilation

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the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture

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Pluralism

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a cultural pattern of intergroup relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation and acceptance within a society