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29 Cards in this Set
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Minority
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a group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in the society
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Race
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people sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society
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Ethnic minority
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group identified by cultural, religious or national characteristics.
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Assimilation
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the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society.
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Cultural pluralism
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desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity seperate from the dominant group
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Assimilation
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the blending or fursing of minority groups into the dominant society.
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Cultural pluralism
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desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity seperate from the dominant group
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Genocide
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the systematic effort to destroy an entire population
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Subjugation
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process by which a minority group is denied equal access to the benefits of a society
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de jure segregation
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denial of equal access based on the law
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de facto segregation
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denial of equal access based on everyday practice
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Prejudice
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widely held negative attitudes toward a group and its individual members
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racism
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an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over others.
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Discrimination
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treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, eligion or culture.
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hate crime
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a criminal act motivated by prejudice
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Self-fulling prophecy
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an expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become reality
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Institutionalized discrimination
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unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes and that are a part of society.
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History's worst example of genocide
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Adolph Hilter's attempt to destroy an entire population
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largest racial minority in the U.S.
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latino
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underclass
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people typically unemployed who come from families that have been poor for generation
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latinos
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A term that refers to ethnic minorities from Latin America.
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sex
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classification of people as male or female based on biological characteristics
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biological determinism
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principle that behavioral differences are the result of inherited physical characteristics.
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Gender identity
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a sense of being male or female based on learned cultural values.
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Conflict theory and gender
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It is to men's advantage to prevent women from gaining access to political, economic and social resources.
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Gender socialization
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the social process of learning how to act as a boy or girl
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sexism
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a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms and values used to justify sexaul inquality.
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occupational sex segregation
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the concentration of women in lower status positions
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% of women who work outside of the home
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58%
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