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Assimilation
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A process by which members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominant culture.
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Authoritarian personality
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A personality type characterized by excessive conformity, submissiveness to authority, intolerance, insecurity, a high level of superstition, and rigid, stereotypic thinking.
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Discrimination
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Actions or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful effect on members of a subordinate group.
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Dominant group
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A racial or ethnic group that has the greatest power and resources in a society.
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Ethnic group
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A collection of people distinguished by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics.
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Ethnic pluralism
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The coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society.
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Gendered racism
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The interactive effect of racism and sexism on the exploration of women of color.
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Genocide
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The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
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Individual discrimination
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Behavior consisting of one-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm members of the subordinate group or their property.
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Institutional discrimination
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Behavior consisting of day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions that have a harmful effect on members of subordinate groups.
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Internal colonialism
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According to conflict theorists, a practice that occurs when members of a racial or ethnic group are conquered or colonized and forcibly placed under the economic and political control of the dominant group.
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Prejudice
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A negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of specific racial, ethnic, or other groups.
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Race
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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, and other subjectively selected attributes.
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Racism
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A set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that is used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group
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Scapegoat
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A person or group that is incapable of offering resistance to the hostility or aggression of others.
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Segregation
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The spatial and social separation of categories of people by race, ethnicity, class, gender, and/or religion.
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Split labor market
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The division of the economy into two areas of employment, a primary sector or upper tier, composed of higher-paid (usually dominant-group) workers in more-secure jobs, and a secondary sector or lower tier, composed of lower-paid (often subordinate-group) workers in jobs with little security and hazardous working conditions.
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Stereotypes
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Overgeneralizations about the appearance, behavior, or other characteristics of members of particular categories.
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Subordinate group
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A group whose members, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment and discrimination by the dominant group.
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Theory of racial formation
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The idea that actions of the government substantially define racial and ethnic relations in the US.
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