Race & Ethnicity II

Question 1

Define primordialism by Berghe

Answer 1

Biological approach to racial crime which suggests it is “natural”, discrimination is natural behviour that will continue

Question 2

Explain the 3 races of Rushton’s approach to race

Answer 2

Negroids, Mongoloids, and Caucasoids

Question 3

Explain the frustration-aggression theory

Answer 3

Psychological approach to racial crime that suggests frustration with life = aggressive reaction (extra: 1964)

Question 4

Explain the idea of “authoritarian personalities”

Answer 4

Some people are predisposed to authoritarian actions, was an attempt to explain Nazi Germany

Question 5

Explain the normative explanation

Answer 5

Prejudice and discrimination is taught and passes down to children (socialization)

Question 6

Examine the normative theory

Answer 6

Originates in functionalism, suggests people are exposed to group norms, prejudice is caused by socialization

Question 7

What did Robert Merton add to normative theory?

Answer 7

Questioned how people don’t act/think in racist ways when exposed to it and why people are racist when it isn’t accepted, thus discrimination comes before

Question 8

Define success norms

Answer 8

Norms in which individuals are expected to succeed (ex. getting a job, going to school, etc)

Question 9

Outline the “Vertical Mosaic”

Answer 9

John Porter’s response to normative theory, explains class structure in Canada; colonizers (“charter groups”) on top, entrance groups on bottom (ex. indigenous groups)

Question 10

Explain the split market theory by Edna Bonacich

Answer 10

3 groups in society; 1) business/capitalist, 2) highly paid white labour, and 3) lower paid non-white labour
Business class benefits from 2 and 3 fighting