Socio Flashcards
(28 cards)
Minority
Group defined by distinguishing characteristics and denied access to resources
Race
Group defined by physical or cultural characteristics
Ethnic minority
Groups that is identified by society and themselves by cultural or physical differences
Ethnocentrism
The tendency to view one’s o n cultural or ethnic group as superior while judging other cultures based on the values and standard of one’s own group
Assimilation
Process whereby groups with distinctive identities becomes culturally and socially fused together
Pluralism
Dominante group encouraged racial and ethnic variation
Internal colonialism
Dominate group exploits the minority group for economic gain
-deny the minority group access to resources
Genocide - ethnic cleansing
Deliberate systematic killing of an entire group
Population transfer
Expels minority groups either physically or by harsh laws
Prejudice
A negative attitude based on fault generalization about members of a specific racial, ethnic or other group
A BELIEF
Discrimination
Involves negative actions toward a racial ethnic or other group
Morton’s typology of prejudice and discrimination
Common sense
Frustration aggression theory
States that people who are frustrated in their efforts to achieve a high desired goals will respond to a pattern of aggression towards others
Steps of learning discrimination
SCIIBP
1. Socialization
2.Categorization
3.internalization
4.institutional reinforcement
5.behavioral manifestation
6. Perpetuation
Feagin isolate discrimination
A harmful action intentionally taken by an individual from the dominant group against a subordinate group without the support of other dominant group members in the immediate social context
Direct institutionalized discrimination
Refers to the systematic and intentional practices that result in the unfavorable treatment of specific groups within societal structures such as education housing and the economy
-polices or actives designed to disadvantage a racial or ethnic group
Racial formation theory
States that actions of the government substantially define racial and ethnic relations in the US
Most rapid growing minority ?
Latinos
Most successful minority group then?
Jews
Most successful minority group now ?
Asians
Worst fairing minority group ?
Native Americans
Most privileged group ?
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (British americans )
Critical race theory
Suggests that racism is so ingrained in US society that it appears to be natural to many people
Split labor market
Refers to the division of the economy in two areas of employment : the primary and secondary sector
-cheap labor
