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Racial Inequality

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minority   a group of people who, because of physical or cultural traits, are differentiated from the dominate group in a society and treated equally  
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race   people sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society  
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ethnic minority   group identified by cultural, national, or religious characteristics  
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assimilation   the blending or fusing of a minority group into the dominate society  
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cultural pluralism   the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominate group  
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subjugation   the process by which a minority group is denied equal access to the benefits of a society  
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de jure segregation   the denial of equal access based on the law  
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de facto segregation   the denial of equal access based on common prejudice  
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genocide   the systematic effort to destroy an entire population  
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prejudice   deeply held negative attitudes toward a group (minority or majority) and its individual members  
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racism   an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others  
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stereotyping   a labeling of a group based on distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified images of that group  
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hate crime   a criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice  
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self-fulfilling prophecy   an expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become a reality  
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institutionalized discrimination   unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes are a that are a part of the structure of a society  
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hidden unemployment   unemployment that includes people not countered in the traditional unemployment rate  
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underclass   people typically unemployed, who come from families that have been poor for generations  
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