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Minorities Chp.1

Chapter One vocabulary for American Minorities.

TermDefinition
Ethnic Cleansing Taking people's property, displacing them, and/or killing them because of differences.
Social Distance The degree of closeness or remoteness individuals prefer in interaction with members of other groups.
Unity Syndrome The coalescing of various groups against a common enemy.
Categoric Knowing The classification of others on the basis of limited information obtained visually and perhaps verbally.
Naturalized Citizen When a stranger to a group acquires the characteristics of the natives.
Social Identity Theory In-group members almost automatically think of their group as better than out-groups.
Reference Group A group to which people may or may not belong but to which they refer when evaluating themselves and their behavior.
Value Neutrality Being objective when it comes to the values and relations of other races and ethnicities.
Dillingham Flaw Any inaccurate comparison based on simplistic categorizations and anachronistic judgments.
Functional Theory A macro-level sociological perspective emphasizing social order and stability, with harmonious independent parts.
False Consciousness Holding attitudes that do not accurately reflect the objective facts of a situation.
Social Construction of Reality The process by which definitions of reality are socially created, objectified, internalized, and then taken for granted.
Internalization Learning of supposedly objective facts of reality through the socialization process.
Social Hierarchy Group's social power in an area; may change from country to country.
Endogamy The practice of marrying within one's group due to social isolation.
Race A categorization in which people sharing visible biological characteristics regard themselves or are regarded by others as a single group on that basis.
Ethnic Group Refers to social groupings that are unique because of religious, linguistic, or cultural characteristics.
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