Chapter 7 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Racism
The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities.
Ex. Black people jump high
Race
Identity with a group of people who share a common ancestor.
Ex. Africa and Indonesia
Nationality
Identity with a group of people who share a legal attachment and personal allegiance to a country.
Ex. My mom to Indonesia
Nationalism
Loyalty and devotion to a nationality
Ex. My loyalty to America
Apartheid
Separation of two different races into different geographic areas
Ex. Black people in urban, white people in suburban
Balkanization
Small organized place that could not be changed because it has been inhabited by many different ethnicities.
Ex. Compton
Multi-ethnic state
A state that contains one or more ethnicities.
Ex. California
Multinational state
States that contain two or more ethnic groups that agree to coexist equally.
Ex. California
Centripetal Force
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
Ex. Disaster
Blockbusting
Process by which real estate agents convince people of white skin to move for fear that colored people will soon inhabit that place.
Ex. Compton
Ethnic cleansing
A stronger ethnic group removing a weaker one to make an ethnically homogeneous region.
Ex. Rome removing small parts
Ethnicity
Identity of people who share cultural traditions and common hearth.
Ex. Me
Nation state
Used to refer to political , economic, and cultural actors internationally.
Ex. Swag
Centrifugal force
A force that divides people
Ex. Disaster
Part nation state
Kind of a nation state
Ex. Small nation
Self determination
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
Ex. Democracy
