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19 Cards in this Set
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Prejudice |
an attitude that judges a person on his or her groups real or imagine characteristics |
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Discrimination |
unfair treatment of people because their group membership |
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race |
a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical marker, usually with profound effects on their lives |
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Scapegoat |
a disadvantaged person or category of people whom others blame for their own problems |
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Ethnic group |
Comprises people whose perceived cultural markers are deemed socially significant. Ethnic groups differ from one another in terms of language, religion, customs, values, ancestors and the like. |
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Vertical mosaic |
a highly ethnically and racially stratified society |
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Symbolic ethnicity |
a nostalgic allegiance to the culture of the immigrant generation, or that of the old country, that is not usually incorporated in everyday behaviour |
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racism |
The belief that a visible characteristic of a group, such as skin colour, indicates group inferiority and justifies discrimination |
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intuitional racism |
bias that is inherent in social institutions and is often not noticed by members of the majority group |
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colonialism |
involves people from one country invading and taking political, cultural, and economic control over people from another country |
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internal colonialism |
involves one race or ethnic group subjugating another in the same country. it prevents assimilation by segregating the subordinate group in terms of jobs, housing and social contracts |
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Expulsion |
the forcible removal of a population from a territory claimed by another population |
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Genocide |
the intentional extermination of a an entire population defined as a race or people |
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Conquest |
the forcible capture of land and the economic and political dominations of its habitants |
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Slavery |
the ownership and control of people |
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split labour market |
Exists where low-wage workers of one race and high-wage workers of another race compete for the same jobs. in that situation, high-wage workers are likely to resent the presence of low wage competitors. conflict is bound to to result and racist attitudes to develop or become reinforced. |
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Transnational communities |
communities who's boundaries tend between or among countries |
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Pluralism |
the retention of racial and ethnic culture combined with equal access to basically social resources |
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Employment equity |
A policy that gives preference to minority group members if equal qualified people are available for a position |
