Ch. 9 Flashcards
People who possess some distinctive physical or cultural characteristics, are dominated by the majority, and are denied equal treatment
Minority
A category of people who are alleged to share certain biological characteristics that are considered socially important within a society
Race
Ideas that attempt to connect biological characteristics with innate racial superiority or inferiority
Racism
A group of people who are socially identified by their unique characteristics related to culture or nationality
Ethnic minority
The integration of a social or ethnic minority into a society
Assimilation
Subjugation based on the law
De jure subjugation
Subjugation based on common, everyday social practices
De facto subjugation
Widely held preconceptions of a group (minority or majority) and its individual members
Prejudice
Unequal treatment of individuals based on their minority membership
Discrimination
Ideas based on distortion, exaggeration, and oversimplification that are applied to all members of a social category
Stereotypes
A criminal act motivated by prejudice
Hate crime
Discrimination that results from unfair practices that are part of the structure of society and have grown out of traditionally accepted behaviors
Institutionalized discrimination
The domination and oppression of one group by another group within the same society
Internal colonialism
People typically unemployed who come from families with a history of unemployment for generations
Underclass
The existence of a split between core and peripheral segments of the economy and the division of the labor force into preferred and marginalized workers
Dual labor market
