AMES EXAM I Flashcards
Racism
a set of beliefs about the superiority/inferiority of one ethnic group
Minority Group
a group Made up of oppressed members
Ethnicity
is a socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history or another cultural factor.
Social constructs
don’t exist biologically and change over time.
race
a socially defined category based on real or perceived difference between groups of people.
stereotypes
tools used to simply and explain otherness and difference. (Reproduce and Maintain Racial Hierarchies.)
in group
stereotypes about people within your own group.
out group
stereotypes about other groups.
discrimination
unequal treatment of individuals because of their social group
prejudice
the preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
one drop rule
someone with one drop of black blood was completely black.
America’s Fundamental Contradiction
the fact that settlers wrote “all men are created equal, then black men were “three-fifths of a full man”.
social justice
justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.
White man’s burden
A poem about a white man who thought that he had it hard because he thought minorities were taking advantage of him.
common man
a political leader who worked his way up to the top from the bottom
