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21 Cards in this Set
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A category of people who have been singled out, by others or themselves, as inferior or superior, on the basis of subjectivity selected physical charecteristics such as skin, hair, and eye shape
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Racial Group
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A category of people who are distinguished, by others of themselves, as inferior or superiior primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics
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Ethnic Group
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Group that is advanced and has superior resources and rights in a society
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Dominant Group
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Group whose members, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment by the majority group and regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination
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Subordinate/minority Group
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A set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and hte inferior treatment of another
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Racism
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A negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial and ethnic groups
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Prejudice
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The assuption that one's own group and way of life are superior to all others
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Ethnocentrism
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Overgeneralizations abotu the appearance, behavior, or other characteristics of all members of a group
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Stereotypes
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Consists of one-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm members of the subordinate group or their property
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Individual Discrimination
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Consists of day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions taht have a harmful impact of members of a subordinate group
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Institutional Discrimination
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Prejudice and discriminatory behavior directed at Jews
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Anti-Semitism
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A person or group that is blamed for some problem causing frustration and is therefore subjected to hostility or aggression by others
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Scape Goat
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The process by which members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominanat culture
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Assimilation
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A process in which the cultural attributes of the diverse recial-ethnic groups are blended together to forma new society incorporating the unique contributions of each group.
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Amalgamation/Melting Pot Model
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Refers to a pattern of assimilation whereby members of subordinate racial-ethnic groups are expected to conform to culture of the dominant Anglo-Saxon population
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Anglo-conformity model
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The coexistence of diverse racial-ethnic groups with seperate identities and cultures within a society
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Ethnic Pluralism
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The spatial and social seperation of categories of people by race/ethnicity, class, gender, religion, or other social characteristics
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Segregation
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The interactive effect of racism and sexism in exploiting women of color
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Gendered Racism
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A process that occurs when members of a racial-ethnic group are conquered or colonized and forcibly placed under the economic and political control of the dominant group
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Internal Colonialis
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States that the governemnt substantially defines racial and ethnic relations
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Theory of Racial Formation
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The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation
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Genocide
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