Leach Soc Chapter 10 Word Scramble
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race | category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who are perceived by others as being a distinct group |
ethnicity | set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group |
ethnic group | individuals who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity |
minority group | category of people who share physical chatacteristics or cultural practices that result in the group being denied equal treatment |
discrimination | denial of equal treatment to individuals based on thier group membership |
prejudice | unsupported generalization about a category of people |
legal discrimination | discrimination that is upheld by law |
institutionalized discrimination | discrimination that is an outgrowth of the structure of society |
stereotype | oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable generalization about a category of people |
self-fulfilling prophecy | predictions that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true |
racism | belief that one's own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races or ethnic groups |
scapegoating | practice of placing blame for ones troubles on an innocent individual or group |
cultural pluralism | policy that allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identity |
assimilation | blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture and identity |
segregation | physical separation of a minority group from the dominant group |
de jure segregation | segregation based on laws |
de facto segregation | segregation based on informal norms |
subjugation | maintaining control over a group through force |
slavery | ownership of ane group of people by another group |
genocide | extermination aimed at intentionally destroying an entire targeted population |
ethnic cleansing | the process of removing a group from a partuclar area through terror, expulsion, and mass murder |
white ethnics | collective reference to immigrants from the predominantly Catholic countries of Ireland, Italy, France, Poland, and Greece |
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