Chapter 9 Flashcards
(28 cards)
5 key factors of a minority
- Have distinctive physical or cultural characteristics which can be used to separate it from the majority
- Is dominated by the majority
- Minority traits are often believed by the dominate majority to be inferior
- Members of the minority have a common sense of identity, with strong group loyalty
- The majority determines who belongs to the minority’s through ascribed status
Race
Share certain biologically inherited physical characteristics that are considered equally important within society
Ethnic minority
Identified by Cultural and national identity
Ethnocentrism
Negative attitudes towards ethnic minorities. Involves judging others in terms of ones own cultural standards
Assimilation
Refers to the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society
4 forms of assimilation
- Anglo-conformity
- Melting pot
- Cultural pluralism (tossed salad)
- Accommodation
Anglo-conformity
Traditional American institutions are maintained. Immigrants are accepted as long as they conform to the “accepted standards” of the society
Melting pot
All ethnic and racial minorities voluntarily blend together
Cultural pluralism- Tossed salad
Traditions and cultures exist side by side
Accommodation
Extreme form of cultural pluralism. Occurs when minorities maintain their own culturally unique way of life.
Gencocide
Systematic effort to destroy an entire population
Popular transfer
When a minority is forced to either move to a remote location or leave entirely the territory controlled by the minority
Subjugation
Denied equal access to the cultural and lifestyle of a larger majority
De jur subjugation
Denied equal treatment by law
De facto segregation
Denied equal treatment in face of law
Prejudice
Widely held pre conceptions of a group and its members
Racism
Extreme prejudice, not only involves judging people unfairly but also assume that a persons own race and ethnicity is superior
Discrimination
Acting upon those opinions by treating people unfairly
Hate crimes
Criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice
Stereotypes
Set of ideas based on distortion, exaggerations and oversimplification that is applied to all members of a group.
Self-fulfilling prophecy
An expectation that leads to behavior that then causes the expectation that becomes a reality
Two stages in the learning of prejudice
- Pregeneralized learning period
2. Total rejection stage
Pregeneralization leaning period
Children may overhear parents make racist or prejudiced statements, but they have not yet learned to separate people by race or ethnic group.
Total rejection stage
Able to use physical clues to sort people into groups. If they constantly hear their parents malign a minority children will reject the minority completely.
