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