Chapter 9 Flashcards
Race
group of people who share a set of characteristics, common bloodline
Racism
belief that members of a separate race possess different and unequal human traits
Ethnocentrism
white superiority
Social Darwinism
notion that some groups or races have evolved more than others, better fit to survive, rule other races
Eugenics
claimed that traits could be traced through bloodlines and bred for positive and negative traits which influenced IMMIGRATION POLICY
One-Drop Rule
belief that “one drop” of black blood makes a person black
Racialization
formation of new racial ID and new ideological boundaries of difference are drawn around a formerly unnoticed group of people
Race
imposed, based on physical differences EXTERNAL
ethnicity
voluntary, self defined, nonhierarchical INTERNAL
Symbolic Ethnicity
ethnicity that is individualistic in nature and without real social cost for individual
Angelo
White Culture
Black community
high rates of poverty, crime, unemployment, incarceration, and health problems
Latino community
very diverse, in search of economic opportunity, ambiguous racial ID(sometimes grouped with whites and sometimes not)
Asian Immigrants
were made up of unskilled laborers, now are well educated and highly skilled people from all over Asia, generally achieve high economic status
Whiteness Studies
shows that being white is as much a social construction as any other racial category
Being white gives you an advantage