II Flashcards
1
Q
What is ethnicity?
A
shared beliefs, values, habits, customs or norms
2
Q
What processes lead to the formation of strong ethnic identities?
A
language, religion, location, history, kinship, “race”
3
Q
What differences exist between achieved and ascribed status?
A
achieved: voluntary, criminal, professor
ascribed: involuntary, assigned at birth
4
Q
What is an imagined community?
A
nation-states, comrades but never meet
5
Q
How do imagined communities function to fortify group identity?
A
nationalism
6
Q
Do two ethnic groups have to be in conflict with one another?
What might increase such conflicts?
A
minority groups vs. majority
- prejudice/racism
- ethnocentrism
- assimilation
7
Q
How does assimilation differ from maintaining a plural society?
A
- assimilation: minor must adapt to majority group
- plural societies: combining ethnic contrasts
ex: Pakistan & Middle East - ecological niches
