Chapter 4: Aging and Ethnicity Flashcards
Ethnicity
Variously defined as country of birth, birthplaces of ancestors, cultural heritage, or self-identification with an ethnocultural group
Minority groups
In Canada, those ethnocultural groups that have not originated in northern and western European countries
Visible minority
Non-European in origin and/or not white in skin tone; curiously, Canada’s official definition of visible minority excludes the Indigenous population.
Culture
Shared language, beliefs, values, customs, and practices
Multiple jeopardy theory
The hypothesis that there is a compounding of disadvantages associated with age, race, ethnicity, and gender
Buffering theory
Holds that a culture that values seniors and provides meaningful roles for them tends to protect them to a degree from losses and social devaluation in later life
Life course perspective
It begins with the idea that life unfolds from birth to death in a social, cultural, and historical context; this perspective looks at the impact of social institutions, historical periods and events, personal biography, life cycle stage, life events, and resources on the minority older person
Filial piety
The culturally defined obligation, highly valued in Asian cultures, of adult children to their aging parents, requiring adult children to support their parents in their old age
Cultural enclaves
Areas in a city or region where particular ethnocultural groups tend to congregate geographically and socially
Instituitonal completeness
The presence in a community of a wide range of economic, social, and religious institutions, including the available of services, agencies, and programs
Gentrification
In-migration into older urban neighbourhoods by new (often wealthy residents) that tends to drive up property values and displace former residents
