SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Flashcards
Sociological Perspectives
Understanding human relationships by placing them in a broad social context.
Social Location
A place where a person is located in a particular society and at a particuar point in history.
Generalization (race/ethnicity, class, gender, etc..)
Patterns of human behavior that repeats themselves (PREDICTABILITY).
Group Membership
The group socializes and gives identity.
Culture
Everything someone has to learn at an early age such as language, religion, value & norms.
Factors affecting group relations:
The way groups have their initial contact.
Minority/Dominant Group
The dominant group sets the stage for everything.
Hispanic
A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. Can be black or white. Puerto Ricans living in the commonwealth of P.R. are NOT Hispanic but in the U.S. they are. Spaniards are not Hispanic.
Population
Between 2000 and 2010 Hispanic growth continued: 1990 - 9%; 2000 - 12.5%; and 2010 - 16.3%.
Hispanics are the 2nd fastest growing group in the U.S.
The Hispanic population increased by 43% between 2000 & 2010.
2010 - 50.5 million Hispanics in the U.S.
More than half of the growth in the total population of the U.S. between 2000 and 2010 due to the increase in Hispanic population.
Percentage of Hispanics by origin: 2010
Mexican (64.9%); Puerto Rican (9.25%); Cuban American (3.7%); Salvadoran (3.6%); and Dominican (3.0%).
Total Persons: 2010
Mexican (32,915,983); Puerto Rican (4,682,531); Cuban American (1,883,599); Salvadoran (1 827.290); and Dominican (1,509,060).
Geographic Concentration: more than 3 quarters of the Hispanic population lived in the West or South: Region of Residence 2010:
Northeast 9%; Midwest 14%; South 36%, West 41%. (latinos most in SW)
Hispanic Population by State 2010: Top five States:
California (14,091,992); Texas (9,533,031); Florida (4,253,268); New York (3,434,485); and Illinois (2,037,316).
