Chapter 3 Flashcards
The combination of current discrimination with past discrimination created by poor schools and menial jobs
Total discrimination
A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups resulting from the normal operations of a society
Institutional discrimination
The pattern of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods
Redlining
Positive efforts to recruit subordinate group members, including women, for jobs promotions and educational opportunities
Affirmative action
Actions that cause better qualified white men to be passed over for women and minority men
Reverse discrimination
The barrier that blocks from the promotion if qualified worker because if gender or minority memebership
Glass ceiling
A barrier to moving laterally in a business to a position that is more likely to lead to upward mobility
Glass wall
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons
Discrimination