chapter 3 Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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ideologies
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Belief system that serve to rationalize/justify existing social arrangements
2
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Racism
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A system that advances the dominant racial group in society
3
Q
Race
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A socially and politically constructed category of persons that is often created with certain physical traits.
4
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Ethnicity
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Cultural background
5
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Symbolic ethnicity
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An ethnicity that is not particularly salient in am individual’s daily life and becomes relevant only at certain symbolic times or events
