Race And Ethnicity Flashcards
What is race?
Beliefs/practices, distinct group sharing natural and biological characteristics
What is racism?
Claims that characteristics point to fact that some races are naturally and permanently inferior
What is the functionalist point of view on race and ethnicity?
Natural for some races to be at bottom of strata to ensure society continues to function
What is the conflict theorists point of view on race and ethnicity?
One group wanting advantage over another
What is the symbolic interactionalist point of view on race and ethnicity?
Micro interactions - how language supports or attacks an issue
What is racism and social inequality?
Focus on inequalities between ethnic groups
What is prejudice in regards to racism and ethnic inequality?
Attitude on basis of real or imagined characteristics
What is a stereotype?
Oversimplified generalisations
What are the types of racist attitudes suggested by Merton in 1949?
All weather liberals, fair weather liberals, timid bigots and active bigots
What is the impact of racism? And what are the forms?
Institutional - built into institutions to reproduce racial disadvantage, blocked educational opportunities, decreased chance of paid work
Masons hypology - conspiracy; structural, unintended consequences, colonialism, and political opportunism
How is racism related to media?
Ethnic groups see selves as victims of media stereotypes
What are the three factors of race hate crimes?
Visibility, ethnic identity, social and economic political context
What are the problems with the term racism?
Ignores social conditions that reproduce inequality at expense of concentrating on biological characteristics tat reign in physical difference to insure other factors that create inequality
What are the problems of ethnicity?
Focus on culture, plays down power/ inequality, Marx focuses on social/economic cause of racism
What is ethnicity?
Sense of belonging to particular community whose members share common cultural tradition
