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soc 100 ch. 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Race | a social group that persons inside and /or outside the group have decided is important to single out as inferior or superior, typically on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics subjectively selected |
| Racism | a "system" involving cultural messages, institutional policies and practices that furthers the belief that some groups are superior /inferior because of their biological (racial )characteristics. |
| social construction of Race | race is a SOCIAL construction, a set of stories that we tell ourselves to organize reality and make sense of the world, RATHER THAN a fixed biological or natural reality. |
| phenotype and the problems with racial categories | phenotype: uses of physical differences to classify people. too much overlapping of genetic characteristics across the variety of human populations. |
| Scientific Racism | 19th century theories of race that characterize a period of feverish investigation into the origins, explanations, and classifications of race |
| Ethnocentrism | the belief that one's own culture or group is superior to others and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of one's own |
| One-Drop Rule | the belief that 'one drop' of black blood makes a person black, a concept that evolved from US laws forbidding miscegenation |
| racialization | Racialization the formation of a new racial identity, in which new ideological boundaries of difference are drawn around a formerly unnoticed group of people |
| Ethnicity | a social construct which divides people into smaller social groups based on a shared sense of group membership, values, behavioral patterns, language, political and economic interests, history, and geography. |
| 4 Forms of Minority-Majority Group Relations | 1. Assimilation 2. Amalgamation 3. Pluralism segregation 4. genocide |
| assimilation | the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture a+b+c = a |
| amalgamation | the process by which a minorities and a majority group combine to form a new group a+b+c = d |
| Pluralism | the presence and engaged coexistence of numerous distinct groups in one society social equality a+b+c = a+b+c |
| Segregation | the legal or social practice of separating people on the basis of their race or ethnicity |
| Genocide | the mass killing of a group of people |
| Prejudice | thoughts and feelings about an ethnic or racial group(usually negative) |
| Discrimination | harmful or negative acts (not merely thoughts) against people deemed inferior on the basis of their racial category without regard to their individual merit |
| stereotype | unreliable generalization |
| forms of racism | 1.scientific racism 2.jim crow racism 3.colorblind racism 4.racial microaggressions |
| Jim Crow racism | racial segregation LAWS |
| colorblind racism | refers to the notion that races is no longer matter. It does not exist anymore |
| racial micro-aggression | brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of certain race |
| Ray is very disappointed that his daughter is marrying a Latino immigrant because he thinks Latinos are not supportive of women having successful careers. This is an example of ________ | prejudice |
| A woman whose maternal grandparents came to the United States from Norway participates in a Norwegian folk dance group and bakes Norwegian pastries for special occasions. This is an example of ________ | symbolic ethnicity |
| How was the “one-drop rule” related to laws forbidding miscegenation in the United States? | The one-drop rule developed out of anti-miscegenation laws because any offspring of a mixed-race union would be categorized as black. |
| Jennifer Lee's interview on the changing racial makeup of the United States indicates that “color lines” in our society are changing. According to Lee, what is the new color line? | black–nonblack |
| Ethnocentrism is ________ | the judgment of other groups by one’s own standards and values |
| A Muslim classmate helps organize and participates in a march protesting discrimination against Muslim Americans on campus. Over 300 Muslim American students from area colleges show up to participate. What type of action is this representative of? | collective resistance |
| ________ refers to a movement to protect and preserve indigenous land or culture from the so-called dangerous and polluting effects of new immigrants. | nativism |
| “New” racism couches its rhetoric in terms of _______ between groups rather than ________ | cultural differences; physical differences. |
| Lisa is a Christian. When she first moved to Saudi Arabia, she was sometimes denied service at restaurants for not wearing a headscarf. Now, when she leaves her apartment, she wears a headscarf. What is this an example of? | passing |
| In the United States, the one-drop rule lumped together anyone with any amount of “black blood” into one category, setting up an essentially binary racial system of black and white ONLY. On the other hand, there were four racial categories; and in Brazil | Racial categories are social constructs, not biological absolutes that transcend time and place. |
| How was racism expressed in Ancient Greece? | There is no evidence that racism, as we know it today, was a part of Ancient Greek culture. |
| What is a main difference between Robert Park’s and Milton Gordon’s models of assimilation? | Park’s model assumes that all immigrants assimilate in the same pattern and reach the same outcome; Gordon’s model includes multiple kinds of assimilation outcomes. |
| ________ is the belief that members of separate races possess different and unequal human traits. | Racism |
| ________ can be defined as the legal or social practice of separating people on the basis of their race or ethnicity. | segregation |
| Which ethnic group in the United States experienced forced assimilation at the hands of a governmental bureau established during the 1800s? | native americans |
| The Nazi regime’s belief that it had to protect a superior race from contamination by inferior races stemmed in part from ________ | the notion of social Darwinism. |
| Why are Asians sometimes labeled a “model minority” group? | Compared to other minorities, the majority of Asians have achieved much success in the United States in terms of educational achievement and income. |
| A pluralistic society is one in which ________ | numerous distinct cultures engage and coexist within one large sociocultural framework. |
| Which of the following factors has NOT contributed to the development of black ghettos in the United States? | blacks' preference to live with other blacks |
| What are three characteristics of ethnicity? | self-defined, fluid, cultural |
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