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Race |
A category of people treated as distinct on account to physical characteristics in which social importance has been assigned. |
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Ethnic Group |
A category whose members are thought to share a common origin and important elements of a common culture. |
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Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity |
The Process through which a culture (based on social ideas and not biological facts) defines what constitutes a race or an ethnic group. |
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Majority Groups |
Group that is culturally, economically, and politically dominant. |
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Minority Groups |
Group that is culturally, economically, and politically subordinate. |
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Environmental Racism |
Refers to the disproportionately large number of health and environmental risks that minorities face daily in their neighborhoods and workplaces. |
