Chapter 10 Flashcards
Minority
People who are socially disadvantaged
Two Components of minorities
Lacks social power
Distinct from the majority
Experiences of minorites
Unequal treatment
share physical and cultural characteristics
non-voluntary
group solidarity
marrying within group
Myth of Race
Race was a group of people who were physically and genetically distinguished from other group
Internalized Racism
Members of a racial group assume the attributes associated with the racial classification and internalize them as part of their identities
Defining feature of majority
Uses dominance to control social system
Ethnicity
Status, ancestry, language, religion
Ethnic group
People who identify with each other and share a culture
Prejudice
Negative assessment of a person without meeting them
Ecological fallacy
Conclusions about an individual based on the group
Exception Fallacy
Conclusions about a group based on the individual
Racism
Believing one race is superior
Democratic racism
Perpetuates minority differentiation and oppression
Individual discriminantion
Discrimination others based on their group
Direct Institutional discrimination
Institution employs discriminatory policies
Indirect institutional discrimination
An action produces uneven results on a group or person
Scapegoat theory
Prejudice and discrimination come from people who want to blame others for their problems
Authoritarian Personality Theory
Prejudice is a personality trait linked to strong beliefs of norms and traditions
Culture theory - Race
Some prejudice is healthy
Functionalist - Race
Discrimination prevents a society from maximizing the benefits of diversity
Conflict theory - Race
Prejudice and discrimination are logical outcomes of competition
Dual labour market
minority groups are disproportionately found in the secondary labour market
Exploitation theory - Marx
Ruling class deliberately promotes
prejudice and discrimination in order to divide workers
Critical race theory
Intersection of race, gender, sexuality to explain prejudice
Symbolic Interactionism - Race
Perceptions are learned
Feminist - Race
Domination and oppression are the outcome of an entire system of inequality
Categories of Minority Relations
Genocide
Expulsion
Segregation
Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Genocide
Intentional extermination of all members of a minority group
Expulsion
Force a minority to leave the country or confine them to a
particular location
Segregation
Formal physical or social separation of dominant and minority groups
Assimilation
Minority group sheds its differences and assumes the traits
of the dominant group
Multiculturalism
larger society promotes cultural, ethnic and racial diversity
Charter groups
how french and english were both important in canadian history
Frankfurt school
dedicated to understanding communication in the Nazi regime
Contact hypothesis
prejudice declines with intergroup contact
Quiet revolution
1960s, political and religion traditions challenged for greater economic and cultural equality
