Sociology Exam Chapter 9

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race

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people sharing certain inherited physical charactistics that are considered important within a society

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ethnic miniority

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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 miniorit groups into the dominant society

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cultural pluralism

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desire of a group to maintain some sence of identify separate 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 in 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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deial of equal access based on everyday practice

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prejudice

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widely held negative attitudes toward a groups minority or majority 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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treatin people differently based on ethnicity race relgion or culture

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hate crime

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a criminal act motivated by prejudice

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stereoype

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a distorted exaggerated or oversimplified image applied to a category of people

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instiutionalized discrimination

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unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes and that are a part of the structure of a society

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hidden unemployment

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unemploment that includes people not counted in the traditional unemployment categories

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underclass

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people typically unemployed who come from families that have been poor for generations