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SOC 26 final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | a group of people who identify with one another through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, culture, religion, and ideology |
| Race | an arbitrary classification of modern humans based on one or a combination of various phenotypical characteristics or geographical area |
| Race as social construct | A person can be considered a race for a long time and then they have a characteristics which doesn't go with that race so they arn't considered that race anymore |
| Pannational Ethnic Identities | - broad ethnics identities which encompass many, specific sub-groups - Ex: Hispanic: ancestry traced to Latin America, aka: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, etc. |
| Ethnocentrism | the judgement of other groups by one's own standards and values, pt 2 |
| Segregation | the legal or social practice of separating people on the basis of their race and ethnicity |
| One-drop Rule | the belief that "one drop" of black blood makes a person black |
| Racism | the belief that someone is different because of the way they look or act |
| Discrimination | bias negative treatment against a group of people |
| Prejudice | preconceived opinion that is not based on actual experience or reason |
| Loving vs. Virginia | - an interracial couple got married - it was illegal for them to get married so they got arrested - went all the way to the supreme court and it was ruled illegal for interracial marriage to be illegal |
| White Privilege | unearned advantages that whites receive because of skin color |
| Institutional Racism | institutional and social dynamics that may seem race-neutral but actually disadvantage minority groups |
| Equity Inequality | captures the historical disadvantage of minority groups and the way those disadvantages accumulate over time |
| Poverty Line | a federally defined income limit, defined as the cost of an "economy" diet for a family, multiplied by 3 |
| Poverty | a condition of deprivation due to economic circumstances that is severe enough that the individual in this condition cannot live with dignity in his or her society |
| Relative Measure poverty | based on income distributions within a given society. Using median income is common. Anyone below the median is considered impoverished |
| Poverty Health | - less nutritious food - less access to medical care |
| Poverty Home Environment | - maternal mental health - Parental substance abuse - adverse parenting strategies - stress - cognitive simulation |
| Poverty Neighborhood Environment | - environmental toxins - violent crime - substandard housing - disadvantaged neighborhood |
| Poverty affects on children, Physical Health | higher rates of infant and child mortality, low birth weight, growth stunting, and lead poisoning |
| Poverty affects on children, Cognitive Outcomes | developmental delays and increased risk of learning disabilities |
| Poverty affects on children, Emotional and behavioral outcomes | higher risk of psychological disorders (ADHD, depression), Grade repetition, more likely to drop out of high school, less likely to be consistently employed as adults |
| Government Programs for the Poor | - medicaid - head start - national school lunch program - legal services for the poor - supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) |
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