Sociology Final Ch.10

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Prejudice

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is and attitude that judges a person on his or her group's real or imagined characteristics

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Discrimination

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is unfair treatment of people because of their group membership

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Race

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is a social constructed used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives.

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Scapegoat

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is a disadvantage person or category of people whom others blame for their own problems

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Ethnic group

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comprises people whose perceived cultural markers are deemed socially significant

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Multiculturalism

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policy emphasizes tolerance of ethnic and racial differences

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Melting Pot

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ideology of the US values the disappearance of ethnic and racial differences

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What is an important classification system in social relations and why?

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Race is more important than biological. Because perception of race affect how people are viewed (prejudice) and how they are treated (discrimination). These perceptions in turn have important consequences for health, wealth, and other outcomes.

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What accounts for most ethnic differences including stratification?

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Social structure underpinnings of ethnic group differences

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Symbolic Ethnicity

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is 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

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is the belief that a visible characteristic of a group such as skin colour, indicates group inferiority and justifies discrimination

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Internal Colonialism

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involves one race or ethnic group subjugating another in the same country.

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Expulsion

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is the forcible removal of a population from a territory claimed by another population

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Genocide

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is the intentional extermination of an entire population

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Conquest

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is the forcible capture of land and economic and political domination of its inhabitants

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Slavery

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is the ownership and control of people

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Split labour Market

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Theory: holds that where low wage workers if one race and high wage workers of another race compete for the same jobs, high wage workers are likely to resent the presence of low wage competitors and conflict is bound to result

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Transnational communities

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are communities whose boundaries extend between to among countries

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Affirmative action or employment equity

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is a policy that gives preference to members of minority groups if equally qualified people are available for position