Social Stratification: Ethnicity, Racism, Violence Flashcards
3 types of societies
egalitarian society
ranked society
full stratified
Egalitarian society
all groups have about the same access to wealth, power, prestige
Ranked society
rank depends on kinship to chief, unequal access to prestige
Full stratified
differential access to wealth, power an prestige; open and closed class societies
Open class society
have same opportunity to move from one class to another
Closed class society
very limited movement
Biological race
humans are all one biological race
Social race
categories based on differences that are assumed to be biological
Racism and inequality
racism is the belief that some “races” are inferior to others;
Use of the word “they”
Ethnicity
a group of people who recognize themselves according to common origins, language, shared history, religion, “race”, etc (use of the word “us”
Minority
a group treated with prejudice (attitude), discrimination (act)
Inter-group violence is likely or intensified with
o Integration into groups
o A strong sense of identity
o A “doctrine” or “dogma”
o Who see others as a threat
Terrorism/Ethnocide/Genocide
o Politically/socially organized
o Perpetrators take/want credit for it
o Extreme acts of discrimination
o “us” vs. “them”
How to achieve non-violence
o Violence begets violence
o It is a learned behavior
o Enculturation into violence?
Nonviolent societies
Small scale, share social attitudes, cooperation/consensus/egalitarian; value group over individual
