Notes:
10.1
race: socially constructed category of people based on real or perceived physical differences
ethnicity:social and cultural characteristics that set apart one group of people from another
origin: heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or their ancestors
stereotypes: generalized opinions, and impressions of individuals, groups, or social classes
cultural appropriation: when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in stereotypical, exploitative, or disrespectful ways.
sterotype threat: concern experinced when one feels at risk of confirming the inferiority or negative characteristics of one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s group
racial prejudice: preconceived judgment or opinion of other people and races that leads to preferring one kind of person over another.
discrimination: unfair or differential treatment of individuals and groups
redlining: practice of arbitrarily denying, limiting, or charging more for financial services, insurance, or access to healthcare to specific neighborhoods, based on racial and economic issues.
institutional racism: societal patterns that produce negative treatment against groups of people based on their race.
racial colorblindness: idea that ignoring or overlooking racial and ethnic differences promotes racial harmony.
pluralism: maintaining social equality and distinct cultural characteristics within and among races and ethnicities
assimilation: process in which minority groups lose their distinct cultural characteristics that are absorbed into the dominant group.
10.2
majority group: group that controls the economic, social, and political power and resources
minority group|: disadvantaged group with significantly less economic, social, and political power and resources
segregation: seperation of groups based on differences such as ethnicity, gender, race, social class, or religion
desegregation: elimination of the policy of segregation by legal and social means
affirmative action: policies designed to promote educational and job opportunities for minorities and women
de facto segregation: segregation that happens by fact rather than a requirement
Asian American stereotype is model minority group, ethnic group that is more academically, economically, and socially successful than other racial minority groups.
10.3
internal colonialism: exploitation of a society\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s minority group by its dominant group
apartheid: policies, regulations, and laws implemented by a government to keep racial ethnic group separate.
population transfer: involuntary relocation of a minority group by a dominant group
indirect population transfer: when the minority group population chooses to leave a location.
direct population transfer: when the dominant group makes a minority group population leave a location by force
genocide: systematic killing of one group based on differences in race, ethnicity, religion
10.4
hate crime: criminal behavior directed at individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender, identity, sexual orientation, or religion
implicit bias: unconsciously held attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes about others
glass ceiling: social and legal barriers designed to prevent minorities and women from advancing in the workplace
split-labor market: byproduct of capitalist system that splits workers along racial and ethnic lines to weaken work solidarity
10.5
amalgamation: creation of a new group due to combination of a minority and majority group
contact hypothesis: idea that prejudice decreases when two groups of equal status come into contact