Final Flashcards
Discrimination:
the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons
Prejudice:
a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority
Segregation:
the physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace and social events; often imposed on minority groups by a dominate group
Assimilation:
the process through which a person forsakes his or her cultural tradition to become part of a different culture (the more you like that group the more you become like that group)
Secession:
voluntary removal
Expulsion:
exspell; removal of minority group by dominate group to a new location
Extermination:
Kill get rid of
Ethnocentricism:
the tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others
Amalgamation:
the process through which a majority group and a minority group combine to form a new group
Pluralism:
mutual respect for one another’s culture among the various groups in a society, which allows minorities to express their cultures without experiencing prejudice
White privilege:
rights or immunities granted to people as a particular benefit or favor simply because they are white
Entitlement:
??
Xenophobia:
fear that dominant group has that minority groups will take over
Racial profiling:
any arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than on a person’s behavior
Glass ceiling:
an invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individuals’s gender, race, or ethnicity
