Sociology 210 Chapter 8
race
A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups and people
discrimination
An unequal treatment of an individual based on their membership of a social group- an act
institutional discrimination
Carried out by institutions
individual discrimination
Carried out by one person against another
Conflict Theory of Racial Segregation
Differences create inner group conflict
genocide
Killing off a race Ex. World War II
Symbolic Interactionism
Race and ethnicity are part of our identity as displayed through our presentation of self
miscegenation
Romantic, sexual, or marital relationship between people of different races.
minority group
Social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups through they are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups
embodied identity
The elements of identity that are generated other's perceptions of our physical trait Ex. Alexa is Hispanic
Internal colonialism
The exploitation of a minority group within the dominant groups own borders Ex. Get out of mah town!!!!
population transfer
The forcible removal of a group of people
segregation
The physical, legal separation of a group due to their race or ethnicity
double consciousness
W.E.B Dubois's term for the divided identity experienced by blacks in America aka can people be Americans if they are Black?
cultural assimilation
When the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream (dominant group)
racial assimilation
When the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream (dominant group) through marriage
pluralism
a cultural pattern of inner group relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation. Idea that diversity is good and brings good into society. (Structural functionalism)
assimilation
a pattern of relations between ethnic or racial groups in which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream (dominant) group making society more homologous
prejudice
a prejudgment- an attitude
ethnicity
a socially define category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor
situational ethnicity
an ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation
symbolic ethnicity
an ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life Ex. Irish Americans on St. Patrick's Day
passing
presenting yourself as a member of a different group than the stigmatized group you belong to