Chapter 10 Vocab Flashcards
method for opening opportunities to women and minorities that specifically redresses past discrimination by taking positive measures to recruit and hire previously disadvantaged groups
affirmative action
process by which a minority becomes socially, economically, and culturally absorbed within the dominant society
assimilation theory
subtle, non-overt and non-obvious racism
aversive racism
ignoring legitimate racial, ethnic and cultural differences between groups, thus denying the reality of such differences
color-blind racism
overt negative and unequal treatment of the members of some social group or stratum soley because of their membership in that group or stratum
discrimination
the group that assigns a racial or ethnic group to subordinate status in society
dominant group
social category of people who share a common culture, such as a common language or dialect, common religion or common norms, practices and customs
ethnic group
pattern of extreme racial, ethnic and/ or social class residential segregation, such that nearly all individuals in an area are of one such group
hypersegregation
racism involving notions of racial or ethnic inferiority that have become ingrained into society’s institutions
institutional racism
maintaining the status quo of racial groups by persistent stereotyping and blaming of minorities themselves for achievement and socioeconomic gaps between groups
laissez-faire racism
any distinct group in society that shares common group characteristics and is forced to occupy low status in society because of prejudice and discrimination
minority group
pattern whereby groups maintain their distinctive culture and history
pluralism
the negative evaluation of a social group and individuals within that group based upon conceptions about that social group that are held despite facts that contradict it
prejudice
a social category or social construction that we treat as distinct on the basis of certain characteristics some biological that have been assigned social importance in society
race
the perception and treatment of a racial or ethnic group or member of that group as intellectually socially and culturally inferior to ones own group
racism
the spatial and social separation of racial and ethnic groups
segregation
an oversimplified set of beliefs about the members of a social group or social stratum that is used to categorize individuals of that group
stereotype
Donald Trump
white privilege
