Race & Society

Question 1

Race:

Answer 1

A term used by many people to specify groups of people distinguished by physical characteristics, such as skin colour; also, a category of people who have been singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics

Question 2

Ethnic Group:

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A collection of people distinguished, by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics

Question 3

Majority Group:

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An advantaged group that has the greatest power and resources in a society

Question 4

Minority Group:

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A group whose members, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment and discrimination by the dominant group

Question 5

Visible Minority:

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Government term used to describe those who are non-white, non-Indigenous, or non-Caucasian. This term is used interchangeably with “people of colour” and “racialized minorities”

Question 6

Prejudice:

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A negative attitude based on preconceived notions about members of selected groups

Question 7

Racial Prejudice:

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Beliefs that certain racial groups are innately inferior to others or have a disproportionate number of negative traits

Question 8

Stereotype:

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An overgeneralization about the appearance, behaviour, or other characteristics of members of particular groups

Question 9

Scapegoat:

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A person or group that is incapable of offering resistance to the hostility or aggression of others

Question 10

Authoritarian personality:

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A personality type characterized by excessive conformity, submissiveness to authority, intolerance, insecurity, a high level of superstition, and rigid, stereotypic thinking

Question 11

Discrimination:

Answer 11

Actions or practices of dominant group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group

Question 12

Racism:

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A set of ideas that implies the superiority of one social group over another on the basis of biological or cultural characteristics,

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Hate Racism:

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Racism that may take the form of deliberate and highly personal attacks, including derogatory slurs and name-calling toward members of a racial or ethnic group who are perceived to be “inferior”

Question 14

Polite Racism:

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A term used to describe an attempt to disguise a dislike of others through behaviour that is outwardly nonprejudicial

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Subliminal Racism:

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A term used to describe an unconscious racism that occurs when there is a conflict of values

Question 16

Institutionalized Racism:

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A situation where the established rules, policies, and practices within an institution or organization produce differential treatment of various groups based on race

Question 17

Assimilation:

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A process by which members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominant culture

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Ethnic Pluralism:

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The coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society

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Segregation:

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A term used to describe the spatial and social separation of categories of people by race/ ethnicity, class, gender, and/or religion

Question 20

Internal Colonialism:

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According to conflict theorists, a situation in which members of a racial or ethnic group are conquered or colonized and forcibly placed under the economic and political control of the dominant group

Question 21

Split Labour Market:

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A term used to describe the division of the economy into two areas of employment: a primary sector, or upper tier, composed of higher-paid, workers in more secure jobs; and a secondary sector, or lower tier, composed of lower-paid, workers in jobs with little security and hazardous working conditions