Test 3 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Race Myths
- “pure” races
- fixed number of races
- superiority
Ethnic Groups
Having distinctive cultural characteristics
Minority/Dominant groups
Refer to power differences and struggles
Minority - unequal treatment/discrimination
Dominant - most power and privilege, highest social status
Four factors in constructing race/ethnicity
- Part of the majority vs. smaller numbers
- Level of power
- discrimination vs. none
- national identity vs. other identity
Prejudice vs. Discrimination
Internal vs. External
Internalization of norms and values
All members of society learn the norms of the dominant group
Race
A group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups
Discrimination
unfair treatment against an individual or group
Prejudice
Attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way
Kathleen Blee
Female members in KKK were supporters because they were attracted to other members in the group. They learned to be racist after joining the group
Racism
Prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race
Contact Theory (Importance of Association)
The idea that prejudice and negative stereotypes decrease and racial-ethnic relations improve when people from different racial-ethnic backgrounds, who are of equal status, interact frequently
Individual discrimination
person-to-person or face-to-face discrimination; the negative treatment of people by other individuals
Institutional discrimination
Negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society’s institutions
Scapegoat
An individual or group unfairly blamed for someone else’s troubles
Authoritarian Personality
Adorno’s term for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors
Functionalist Perspective
Create prejudice
- Nazis
- Sherif study - boys at summer camp
Conflict Theory
How groups compete for scarce markets.
Ex. The Japanese won’t work, so hire the Koreans
-split labor market
-reserve labor force
Split labor market
Workers split along racial-ethnic, gender, age, or any other lines; this split is exploited by owners to weaken the bargaining power of workers (whites know other ethnic groups can take their jobs, blacks have latinos as competitors)
Reserve labor force
unemployed workers are thought of as being “in reserve” - capitalists take them out of reserve during times of high production and put them back into reserve when they are no longer needed
Symbolic Interactionism
How labels affect perception and create prejudice
- selective perception: seing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others
- self fulfilling stereotypes: embracing labels
Largest minority group in US
Latinos
Naturalization Act of 1790
Only white immigrants could apply for citizenship
Invisible Knapsack
Taken for grandness of whites
Ex. when i go shopping, store detectives don’t follow me
