Test 3 Flashcards
a social group that is systemically denied the same access to power and resourses available to societys dominant groups
minority group
an ethic idenitiy that can be present or hidden depending on the usefulness
sitational ethnicity
an ethnic identity that is only relevent on specific occasions and does not significanlty impact daliy life
Symbolic Ethnicy
attitudes, beliefs, and practices that justify that superior treatment of one group
racism
Believed that the classes would remain divided and that inequality would grow
Conflict theory
carried out by one person against another
Individaul discrimination
how the world caterigazes people
race
negative attitudes based on generalizations about memebers of selected racial, ethnic, or others groups
Prejudice
open and intentional
overt racism
secert, not intended to be known
covert racsim
Stratifictions plays a number of important functions in society
Structural functionalism
The amount of money you make in a certain period of time
Income
The perspective that systems of inequality are contruced through everyday interactions
Symbolic interactions
the quality or fact of belonging to a popualtion group or subgroup made up of who share a common cultural background or descent
Ethnicity
the racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimation is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity
Colorblind Theory