Race

Question 1

minority

Answer 1

a definable group of people who are socially disadvantage

not about size
lack of social power
distinct from the majority

Question 2

majority

Answer 2

a definable group of people who are socially advantage

have social power

Question 3

race

Answer 3

historically, a group of people that was physically and genetically distinguished from other groups

appearance: skin color, hair etc.

Question 4

racialization

Answer 4

process of attributing complex characteristics (eg. intelligence, athletic abilities) to racial categories

Ex. All black athletes are better than white athletes

Question 5

internalized racism

Answer 5

occurs when members of a racial group assume that attributes associated with that racial classification and internalized them as part of their identities

Question 6

ethnicity

Answer 6

multidimensional concept that includes one’s minority or majority status, ancestry, language + often religious affiliation

Question 7

ethnic group

Answer 7

a collection of people who identify with each other and share a common culture

Question 8

prejudice

Answer 8

a negative prejudgment about a person or group that is irrational, long lasting, and not based on fact

Question 9

ecological fallacy

Answer 9

drawing conclusions about INDIVIDUAL attributes from data gathered from entire group

Question 10

exception fallacy

Answer 10

drawing conclusions about an ENTIRE GROUP based on observations of individuals

Question 11

stereotype

Answer 11

a stable and sweeping generalization about a category of people

Question 12

racism

Answer 12

an ideology that maintains that one “race” is inherently superior to another

Question 13

democratic racism

Answer 13

a system that advocates equality but in fact perpetuates minority differentiation and oppression

Question 14

discrimination

Answer 14

actions that deny or grant advantages to members of a particular group

Question 15

1. individual discrimination

Answer 15

occurs when an individual advantages or disadvantages another b/c of that person’s group membership

EX. don’t hire teacher b/c Italian

Question 16

2. Direct institutional discrimination

Answer 16

occurs when an institution employs policies or practices that are discriminatory towards a person or group a right/freedom

EX. residential schools

Question 17

3. indirect institutional discrimination

Answer 17

when individuals are treated differently based on unlawful criteria (physical disability, cultural origin, age, gender, religion) even through these actions were never intended to be discriminatory

EX. weight requirement to be a firefighter

Question 18

scapegoat theory

Answer 18

assertion that prejudice + discrimination originate in the frustrations of people who want to blame someone else for their problems

associate with psychological theories

Question 19

authoritarian personality theory

Answer 19

asserts that extreme prejudice is a personality trait of people who strongly believe in following cultural norms, traditions, + values

Question 20

Frankhurt School

Answer 20

A group of German social philosophers dedicated to understanding the role of culture + mass communication in the Nazi regime

Question 21

f-test

Answer 21

Theodor Adorno’s assessment tool to determine a person’s personality + likelihood of holding prejudicial attributes

Question 22

culture theory

Answer 22

assertion that prejudice is a part of all cultures and that some of it can be healthy

ethnocentrism is healthy b/c unifies group

associate with sociocultural theories

Question 23

social distance

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Bogardus’s concept of the relative distance people feel bet themselves and other racial or ethnic groups

associate with sociocultural theories

Question 24

culture of prejudice

Answer 24

a value system that promotes prejudice, discrimination, and oppression

Question 25

dual labour market theory

Answer 25

asserts that modern societies have two distinct labour markets (called primary + secondary labour markets)

Question 26

primary labour markets

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for the majority

good, secure, paying job

Question 27

secondary labour markets

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for the minority

temporary, unsecure, low paying jobs

Question 28

Marxist Exploitation theory

Answer 28

the assertion that the powerful economic elites promote + benefit from prejudice and discrimination

Question 29

critical race theory

Answer 29

an interdiscplinary approach used to investigate the intersections of race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality to explain prejudice and discrimination

Question 30

Selective perception

Answer 30

the process whereby people see only those things that reinforce their preconceived perceptions

Question 31

contact hypothesis

Answer 31

the proposal that prejudiced attitudes can decline with intergroup contact

Question 32

multiracial feminism

Answer 32

an approach that investigates race, class, and gender and give voice to women of color who may feel alienated from traditional white feminism

Question 33

postcolonial theory

Answer 33

an approach that examines the ways in which the colonial past has shaped the social, political, + economic experiences of a colonized country

Question 34

Part of five cat of minority relations

1. genocide

Answer 34

the intentional extermination of all members of minority group

Ex. Hitler, Rwanda genocide

Question 35

part of five cat of minority relations

2. Expulsion or population transefer

Answer 35

dominant group forces a minority to leace the country or confines them to a particular location
same goal as genocide –> to remove minority

Ex. Japanese internment camps

Question 36

part of five cat of minority relations

3. Segregation + serpartism

Answer 36

segregation = the formal physical or social seperation of dominant + minority groups
EX. Blacks

Separatism = voluntary structural + cultural isolation by minority groups from the dominant group
EX. Quebec Sovereignty movement

Question 37

part of five cat of minority relations

4. assimilation

Answer 37

a one way process that occurs when a minority group sheds its differences and assumes the traits of the dominant group

Question 38

melting pot

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the blending of new immigrants traditions and cultural idenity into the dominant american culture

Question 39

part of five cat of minority relations

5. cultural pluralism, or multiculturalism

Answer 39

when minority groups retain their cultural idenities and the larger society promotes cultural, ethnic, and racial diveristy

can keep identity and still belong as a canadian

Question 40

charter groups

Answer 40

john porter recongnized that the french + canadians became the social, economic, and political elites in Canada

Question 41

Quite Revolution

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movement in Qubec during the 1960s when political + religious traditions were challenged + french struggled for greater economic, political, + cultural equality with the rest of canada

Bill 101 –> all signs in french