Lesson 7 Keywords Flashcards
(24 cards)
the process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture
assimilation
to separate acts from feelings or attitudes
compartmentalize
an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group
discrimination
the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status
dominant group
activities designed to discover, enhance, or maintain ethnic and racial identification
ethnic work
having distinctive cultural characteristics
ethnicity (and ethnic)
the systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people based on their presumed race or ethnic group
genocide
the negative treatment of one person by another based on that person’s perceived characteristics
individual discrimination
the negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society’s institutions; also called systematic discrimination
institutional discrimination
people who are singled out for unequal treatment based on their physical and cultural characteristics, and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination
minority group
a philosophy or political policy that permits or encourages groups to express their individual, unique racial and ethnic identities; also called pluralism
multiculturalism
the diffusion of power among many interest groups, which prevents any single group from gaining control of the government
pluralism
forcing a minority group to relocate
population transfer
an attitude of prejudging, usually in a negative way
prejudice
a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups
race
prejudice and discrimination based on race
racism
the philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal; organized activity on behalf of this principle
feminism
the behavior and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or femininity
gender
unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on gender
gender stratification
the invisible barrier that prevents women from attaining the same jobs/career as men
glass ceiling
allows men to have higher work-related positions and more desirable work assignments
glass escalator
a society or group in which men dominate women; authority is invested in males
patriarchy
biological characteristics that distinguish females and males, consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics
sex
the abuse of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone
sexual harassment