Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Minority

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People who are socially disadvantaged

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Two Components of minorities

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Lacks social power
Distinct from the majority

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Experiences of minorites

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Unequal treatment
share physical and cultural characteristics
non-voluntary
group solidarity
marrying within group

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Myth of Race

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Race was a group of people who were physically and genetically distinguished from other group

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Internalized Racism

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Members of a racial group assume the attributes associated with the racial classification and internalize them as part of their identities

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Defining feature of majority

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Uses dominance to control social system

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7
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Ethnicity

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Status, ancestry, language, religion

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Ethnic group

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People who identify with each other and share a culture

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Prejudice

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Negative assessment of a person without meeting them

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10
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Ecological fallacy

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Conclusions about an individual based on the group

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Exception Fallacy

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Conclusions about a group based on the individual

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Racism

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Believing one race is superior

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Democratic racism

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Perpetuates minority differentiation and oppression

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14
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Individual discriminantion

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Discrimination others based on their group

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15
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Direct Institutional discrimination

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Institution employs discriminatory policies

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Indirect institutional discrimination

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An action produces uneven results on a group or person

17
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Scapegoat theory

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Prejudice and discrimination come from people who want to blame others for their problems

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Authoritarian Personality Theory

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Prejudice is a personality trait linked to strong beliefs of norms and traditions

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Culture theory - Race

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Some prejudice is healthy

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Functionalist - Race

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Discrimination prevents a society from maximizing the benefits of diversity

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Conflict theory - Race

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Prejudice and discrimination are logical outcomes of competition

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Dual labour market

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minority groups are disproportionately found in the secondary labour market

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Exploitation theory - Marx

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Ruling class deliberately promotes
prejudice and discrimination in order to divide workers

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Critical race theory

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Intersection of race, gender, sexuality to explain prejudice

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Symbolic Interactionism - Race

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Perceptions are learned

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Feminist - Race

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Domination and oppression are the outcome of an entire system of inequality

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Categories of Minority Relations

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Genocide
Expulsion
Segregation
Assimilation
Multiculturalism

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Genocide

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Intentional extermination of all members of a minority group

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Expulsion

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Force a minority to leave the country or confine them to a
particular location

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Segregation

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Formal physical or social separation of dominant and minority groups

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Assimilation

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Minority group sheds its differences and assumes the traits
of the dominant group

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Multiculturalism

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larger society promotes cultural, ethnic and racial diversity

33
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Charter groups

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how french and english were both important in canadian history

34
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Frankfurt school

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dedicated to understanding communication in the Nazi regime

34
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Contact hypothesis

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prejudice declines with intergroup contact

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Quiet revolution

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1960s, political and religion traditions challenged for greater economic and cultural equality