Lesson 5 Flashcards
Racism
a particular form of prejudice defined by preconceived erroneous beliefs about race and members of racial groups
4 important points to be made initially about racism
-Prejudice (negative, inaccurate, rigid,
and unfair wat of thinking about members of another group) and racism are not the same thing.
- Racism broad and all-pervasive social phenomenon that is mutually reinforced at all
levels of society. Institutional and cultural racism
- People tend to deny, rationalize, and avoid discussing their feelings and beliefs about race
and ethnicity. Often, these feelings remain unconscious and are brought to awareness
only with great difficulty
- By the time one reaches adulthood, however, the empathy is
often gone. Instead, reactions tend to involve minimizing, justifying, rationalizing, or other
forms of emotional blocking. Human service providers are no less susceptible to such
defensive behavior, but they must force themselves to look inward if they are sincere in
their commitment to work effectively cross-culturally.
suggest that the factors jus discussed- in-group and outgroup behavior, categorical thinking and stereotyping, avoidance, and selective perceptiontogether set the stage for the emergence of racism. But without the existence of some form of internal motivation, and individual’s potential for racism remains largely dormant.
Gordon Allport
When a low-prejudiced person has a negative implicit evaluation of an outgroup members (of which he or she may or may be aware), this evaluation leads to the recognition of a discrepancy between his or her egalitarian goals and his or her negative behavior toward the outgroup
Self regulation prejudice
This theory holds that as people move
through life, they do not always get what they want or need, and as a result, experience
varying amounts of frustration. Frustration, in turn, creates aggression and hostility, which
can be alternately directed at the original cause of frustration, directed inward at the self,
or displaced onto a more accessible target.
Frustration-aggression-displacement hypothesis
This theory holds the prejudice is part of the broader, global personality type.
Authoritarian personality
This maintains that individuals have a natural propensity to strive toward a positive self-image, and social identity is enhanced by categorizing people into in-groups and out-groups
Tajfel’s Social Identity Theory
is the persistent abuse of discrimination based on
power differences in rank of hierarchy
Rankism
the belief that the cultural ways of one group are superior to those of another
Cultural Racism
Thanksgiving and Christmas are acknowledged officially
calendars. “Traditional” holiday meals, usually comprising foods that represent dominant
culture, have become the norm for everyone. Holiday associate with non-European
cultures are given little attention in American culture.
Holiday and celeb
Characteristics such as independence, assertiveness, and modesty are
valued differently in different cultures.
Personal Traits
Standard English” usage is expected in most institutions in the United States.
Other languages are sometimes expressly prohibited or tacitly disapproved of.
Language
The prevailing ideals of eye color, hair color, hair texture, body size,
and shape in the United State exclude most people of color.
Standard beauty a
Jesus, Mary, Santa Claus, and other cultural figures are portrayed as
white. The devil and Judas Iscariot, however, are often portrayed as blac
Cultural Icon
involves the manipulation of societal institutions to give
preferences and advantages to whites and at the same time restrict the choices, rights, mobility, and access of people of color.
institutional racism
