Race and Ethnicity Flashcards
Census
count of the entire population
Race
classify groups of people based on skin color
Ethnicity
common culture, religion, history, or ancestry shared by a group of people
one-drop rule
a person who had any African ancestry was classified as black
social construct
concept created by people to understand or justify the social world
eugenics
idea that we can actively improve genetic profile of humans
Phenotype
visible features or characteristics
implicit bias
association our minds make between seemingly unrelated things
stereotypes
widely shared perceptions about personal characteristics, tendencies, abilities of a group
prejudices
preconceived beliefs, attitudes, opinions about members of another group
group threat theory
prejudices grow stronger if we think of another group as an economic, political, cultural threat
ultimate attribution error
undesirable characteristics are perceived as innate
cognitive dissonance
preconceived ideas do not align with what we see in our eyes
contact theory
explain how interaction with members of other groups affect prejudicial beliefs
racism
beliefs, ideologies, institutional practices that are based on the idea that one racial group is inferior to another
