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13 Cards in this Set
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities (241)
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AMALGAMATION
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The process through which a majority group and a minority group combine to form a new group (243)
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APARTHEID
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A former policy of the South african government, designed to maintain the separation of blacks and other non-whites from the dominant whites. (245)
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ASSIMILATION
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The process through which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture. (244)
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BLACK POWER
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A political philosophy, promoted by many younger black in the 1960s, that supported the creation of black-controlled political and economic institutions. (248)
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CONTACT HYPOTHESIS
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An interactionist perspective which states that in cooperative circumstances, interracial contact between people of equal status will reduce prejudice. (243)
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DISCRIMINATION
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The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons. (238)
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ETHNIC GROUP
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A group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or because of distinctive cultural patterns. (234)
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ETHNOCENTRISM
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The tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. (237)
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EXPLOITATION THEORY
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A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the US as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism. (242)
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GENOCIDE
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The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation. (243)
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GLASS CEILING
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An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity. (239)
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HATE CRIME
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A criminal offense committed because of the offender's bias against a race, religion, ethnic group, nation origin, or sexual orientation. (237)
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