Sociology Ch. 7

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Acculturation

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cultural assimilation, or the process in which cultural elements of one group change in the direction of another group

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Amalgamation

Back 2

the final stage of assimilation in which it it becomes impossible to distinguish formerly distinct ethnic groups in a society

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Assimilation

Back 3

those processes whereby groups with distinctive identities become culturally and socially fused

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Discrimination

Back 4

the arbitrary denial of privilege, prestige, and power to members of a minority group whose qualifications are equal to those of members of the dominant group

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Environmental Racism

Back 5

the practice of deliberately locating incinerators and other types of hazardous waste facilities in or next to minority communities

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Ethnic Groups

Back 6

groups identified chiefly on cultural grounds - language, religion, folk practices, dress, gestures, mannerisms, and so on

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Gatekeeping

Back 7

the decision making process whereby people are admitted to offices and positions of privilege, prestige, and power within a society

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Genocide

Back 8

the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or ethnic group

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Institutional Discrimination

Back 9

the functioning of the institutions of society in a way that produces unequal outcomes for different groups

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Institutional Racism

Back 10

the functioning of the institutions of society to the disadvantage off racial minority groups

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Integration

Back 11

structural assimilation, or the participation of members of different ethnic groups in major institutional structures

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Minority Group

Back 12

a racially or culturally self-conscious population, with hereditary membership and a high degree of in-group marriage, which suffers oppression at the hands of a dominant segment of a nation-state

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Pluralism

Back 13

a situation where diverse groups coexist side by side and mutually accommodate themselves to their differences

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Prejudice

Back 14

attitudes of aversion and hostility toward the members of a group simply because they belong to it and hence are presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to it

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Race

Back 15

a population that differs from other populations in the incidence of various hereditary traits

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Racism

Back 16

the belief that some racial groups are naturally superior and others are inferior

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Split Labor Market

Back 17

an economic arena in which large differences exist in the price of labor at the same occupational level

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Symbolic Racism

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a form of racism in which whites feel that blacks are too aggressive, do not play by the rules, and have negative characteristics

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Equalitarian Pluralism

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ethnic group members participate freely and equally in political and economic institutions

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Inequalitarian Pluralism

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economic and political participation of minority groups is severely limited by the dominant group

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Functionalist Perspective

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ethnic differentiation reduces consensus, increases the chances of conflict, and threatens the equilibrium of a society

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Conflict Perspective

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prejudice and discrimination can best be understood in terms of tension or conflict among competing groups

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Interactionist Perspective

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the world we experience is socially constructed, ethnic groups are products of social interaction