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28 Cards in this Set
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a population that differs from others in the frequency of certain hereditary traits
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biological race
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categories of people set apart from others because of socially defined physical characteristics
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races
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statuses based on cultural heritage and shared "feelings of peoplehood"
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ethnicity
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a category of people set apart from others because of distinctive customs and lifestyles
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ethnic group
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a category of people who are set apart for unequal treatment because of physical or cultural characteristics
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minority group
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preconceived judgments about a category of people
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prejudice
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beliefs and attitudes that one racial category is inherently superior or inferior to another
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racism
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a weak, convenient, and socially approved target
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scapegoat
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the tendency to judge the customs of others according to one's own cultural standards
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ethnocentrism
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static and oversimplified ideas about a group or a social category
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stereotypes
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an economic situation in which 2 groups of workers are willing to do the same work for different wages
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split labor market
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unequal treatment of people because of their group membership
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discrimination
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attacks on minority group members, from social slights and insults to murder
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personal discrimination
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minority group members are denied lawful access to public insitutions, jobs, housing, and social rewards
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legal discrimination
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unequal treatment of a group that is deeply embedded in social institutions
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institutional discrimination
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when racial and ethnic groups cooperate while still retaining their distinctive identities and lifestyles
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cultural pluralism
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a process in which minority groups lose their distinctive identities and conform to cultural patterns of the dominant group
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assimilation
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physical or social exclusion of minority groups from dominant group activities
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segregation
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deliberate and systematic elimination of minority group members
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genocide
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all weather liberals, believe in equal opportunity for all
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unprejudiced nondiscriminators
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fair weather liberals; free of prejudice but when it is expedient, profitable, or otherwise seems justifiable, they may discriminate against others
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unprejudiced discriminators
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fair weather bigots; do not believe in equal opprtunity and hold many prejudices toward racial and ethnic groups, but they do not discriminate because they fear the consequences
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prejudiced nondiscriminators
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all weather bigots; unashamed bigots who do not believe in equal opprtunity at least for certain groups and discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities freely
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prejudiced discriminators
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encourage the hiring of less qualified workers due to having to hire a certain number of minorities
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affirmative action
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fair weather liberals; free of prejudice but when it is expedient, profitable, or otherwise seems justifiable, they may discriminate against others
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unprejudiced discriminators
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fair weather bigots; do not believe in equal opprtunity and hold many prejudices toward racial and ethnic groups, but they do not discriminate because they fear the consequences
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prejudiced nondiscriminators
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all weather bigots; unashamed bigots who do not believe in equal opprtunity at least for certain groups and discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities freely
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prejudiced discriminators
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encourage the hiring of less qualified workers due to having to hire a certain number of minorities
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affirmative action
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