chapter 8
critical race theory
Racism is ingrained in society and affects everyone's daily lives
discrimination
action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of individuals because of their membership in a certain racial of ethnic group
race consciousness
awareness of the importance of race in our everyday lives and in our dealings with social institutions
white nationalism
belief that the nation should be built around a white identity that is reflected in religion, politics, economics, and culture
situational ethnicity
deliberately assert our ethnicity in some situations while downplaying it in others
symbolic ethnicity
enactments of ethnic identity that occur only on special occasions
internal colonialism
exploitation of a minority group within the dominant group's own borders
privilege
gaining greater currency while still garnering much debate
segregation
groups divided by race or ethnicity
racial assimilation
having children with the dominant group until the different races are completely mixed
racism
ideology or set of beliefs about the claimed superiority of one racial or ethnic group over another
prejudice
inflexible attitude about a particular group of people that is rooted in generalizations or stereotypes
(racial) passing
living as if one is a member of a different racial category
cultural assimilation
members learn the cultural practices of the dominant group
Assimilation
minority group is absorbed into the dominant group
institutional discrimination
more systematic and widespread and occurs when institutions practice discriminatory policies that affect whole groups
cultural appropriation
occurs when members of the dominant group adopt or take cultural elements from a marginalized group and use them for their own advantage
minority group
people who are recognized as belonging to a social category and who suffer from unequal treatment as a result of that status
pluralism
permits racial and ethnic variation within one society
double consciousness
relevant to racial passing. WEB DuBois coined the term that questions whether one could be black and at the same time claim ones rights as an american
color blind racism
set of beliefs usually held but not limited to whites, that we live in a society where racial prejudice and discrimination no longer exists, even though in reality it still does
Microaggressions
small-scale racial slights, insults, and misperceptions that play out in everyday interactions between people
ethnicity
social category that is applied to a group with a shared ancestry or cultural heritage
race
social category, based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people
reverse racism
the claim that whites can also suffer discrimination based on their race and thus can experience the same kinds of disadvantages that minority groups have regularly encountered.
genocide
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
population transfer
the forcible removal of a group of people from the territory they have occupied
embodied identity
the way we are perceived in the physical world
implicit bias
unrecognized or unconscious prejudices and stereotypes that shape our interactions with others
individual discrimination
when one person treats others unfairly because of their race or ethnicity
antiracist allies
whites working with other whites to help them gain a greater awareness of how racism works and what they can do about it