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| is a socially constructed category, that people who share biologically transmitted traits such as skin color, hair texture and that society has defined as meaning full, dinstinctive, and important and sometimes on the basis that would assign value to a particular racial category. |
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| is a shared cultural heritage, such as a common language, ancestorys, or a religion |
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| Racism is the belief that human races have distinct characteristics and that those characteristics determine ability and work. |
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| A system of behavior based on racist beliefs, where members of a particular social group receive a difference of treatment just because of their membership in that particular group |
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| Is an attitude towards a particular social group. These attitudes typically take the form of prejudgments of a group, even before they have met the group or even made contact with a particular group |
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5 Factors:
1. They are subordinate segments of society
2. They have “special traits” that are seen as inferior or as less desirable.
3. They tend to possess a sense of group consciousness.
4. One tends to be born into minority status
5. Members of a minority tend to marry within their own group; “endogamy” |
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| is the belief that all ethnic racial minorities should have the same social standing as the rest of society |
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| Institutional Discrimination |
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| Occurs when discrimination is built into the structure of society and forms the basis of social policies and effects social institutions such as the economy, education and etc |
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| segregation still occurs naturally based on economic conditions and housing patterns |
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| is segregation that is required by law in the case of separate but equal schools for blacks and whites (this was before brown vs board this kind of segregation is illegal) |
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| occurs when different minority groups are segregated into different regions, neighborhoods, or blocks in a particular neighborhood |
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| (don’t show certain homes/properties to certain minorities) Doulas Massy Study A group of teams were calling realtors to see if an apartment was still available or not and they all applied for the same apartment and received different answers based upon their accents |
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| Theory of Bounded Social Change |
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| Dominants group believe that racial minorities are entitled to Citizenship rights, HOWEVER, they fail to act according to what they say they believe in during political events and so forth. |
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| Reduce discrimination in Educational institutions, housing and in employment |
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| UC Regents vs. Bakke (1978) |
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A. Suit was brought by Alan Bakke whom was denied at UC Davis medical school.
B. UC Davis has 16 out of 100 spots reserved for racial minorities
C. The case ruled out “quotas” of that kind |
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| Prejudice springs from frustration. In particular from those themselves that are disadvantaged |
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| Authoritarian Personality theory |
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1) Claimed that extreme prejudice is a personality type
2) Those with an authoritarian personality, rigidly conform to traditional cultural values and have very strict notions of right and wrong |
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| A. Explains prejudices as being a cultural constant and that while some have extreme prejudices, all people have some prejudice |
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| Critiques of Culture theory |
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| Prejudice is unavoidable and is not changeable across cultures since its been around for such a long time |
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| States that prejudice emerges and persists because it helps powerful people oppress other groups and retain their power |
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| is the process by which a minority group takes on the culture of the dominant group |
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