Race and Ethnicity Flashcards
1
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What are Ethnic Boundary Markers
A
Ethnicities determinations of who’s in and who’s out
Some more fluid than others
2
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What is Hierarchical Nesting
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Imbedding
Ethnicity can be layered
all applying at the same time
3
Q
What is Origin Myth
A
- Shared traditions and histories that unite a people
- Where they came from
- Guides understanding of who they really are
4
Q
Myth
A
sacred story
5
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What does it mean by Ethnicity creates vertical axes as well as horizontal ones?
A
- Ethnicity allows people to be equal
- Treated equally but not the same
- Doesn’t create stratification like race does
6
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Nationality
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Ethnic group that has a feeling of homeland
- degree of fluidity
- sometimes interchangeable/ match up with ethnicity
7
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What is Ethnic Homogenization?
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the process by which ethnic groups attempt to eliminate rival groups in the area
8
Q
How is Ethnic Homogenization accomplished?
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4 ways
1) Ethnic Cleansing
2) Assimilation
9
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Assimilation
A
social or cultural absorption of one ethnic group by another dominant one
- Can be forced or passive
- Slow and uncertain
10
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Ethnic Cleansing
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1) genocide
2) relocation
