Chapter 10 Flashcards
People who share a common cultural background in a common sense of identities
Ethnicity
Category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who others see as being a distinct group
Race
Based on such cultural characteristics as national origin,religion,language,customs & values
Ethnic group
A group o people who because of their physical characteristics are singled out and unequally treated
Minority group
And oversimplified,exaggerated or unfavorable generation about a group of people
Stereotype
Prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true
Self fulfilling prophecy
The belief that ones own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races
Racism
Practice of placing the blame for ones trouble on an innocent individual or group
Scapegoating
Ones response to ethnic and racial diversity
Cultural pluralism
The blending of cultural distinct groups into a single group with a common cultural and identity
Assimilation
A policy that physically seperates a minority group from the dominate group
Segregation
Based on laws
De jure segregation
Segregation Based on informal norms
De facto segregation
The maintaining of control over a group through force
Subjugation
Ownership of one person by another
Slavery
