week 11: inequality in the contemporary world Flashcards
acculturation
a minority group losing its culture to the dominant culture
cline
differences in the traits in populations in specific areas, the variation is gradual (ex. skin color)
ethnogenesis
the gradual emergence of new ethnicities due to changes in society
nonconcordant
genetic traits that are inherited independently, can’t predict other traits based on this trait alone
intersectionality
how race, gender, class, etc. overlap to shape unique experience
united states
where race has long perceived racial categories, sort individuals by their less privileged group if mixed
japan
where race is constructed without association to western society, they have an outcast group called the “burakumin”
brazil
where race is more fluid, they have a color continuum and have categories known as tipos - “types”
amalgamation
interactions between people of different ethnic/culture groups that help reduce their barrier over time
hypodescent
a racial classification that assigns a mixed race person to their less privileged race
pigmentocracy
a society that heavily associates someone’s social class to their skin color
symbolic ethnicity
occasional displays of ethnic pride and identity usually just for the public
guider
city in cameroon, a non-muslim guidar was brought to a muslim fulbe empire where they started to identify as fulbe
reified
the process where an inaccurate concept is accepted as the truth
tipos
types of people in brazil, categorized by physical difference - loura: straight blonde hair, blue-green eyes
systemic denial of opportunities
where race is used as a justification to deny people access to resources - race is a barrier to class mobility
assimilation
the pressure on minority groups to adopt the customs of the dominant culture
ethnicity
what a person identifies with, feeling an attachment to a particular group
multiculturalism
maintaining multiple cultures in one society
naturalization through sports
where race is “normalized” through popular culture - the proof of biological difference through natural athletic abilities
money whitens
where darker individuals move up social class and are viewed as lighter
