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SOCI1010 Chp 11
Introduction to Sociology Chapter 11: Race/Ethnicity, De More
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| race | socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of society consider important |
| ethnicity | a shared cultural heritage |
| minority | any category of people distinguished by a physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates |
| prejudice | rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people |
| stereotype | a simplified description applied to every person in some category |
| racism | a belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another |
| scapegoat | a person or category of people, typically with little power, whom other people blame unfairly for their own troubles |
| discrimination | unequal treatment of various categories of people |
| institutional prejudice and discrimination | bias built into the operation of society's institutions |
| pluralism | a state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing. |
| assimilation | process by which minorites gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture |
| miscengenation | bilogical reproduction by partners of different racial categories |
| segregation | physical and social seperation of categories of people |
| genocide | systematic killing of one category of people by another |
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