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Micah Blevins Sociology Englisch 45 Karten

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  1. 1RACEa group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups
  2. 2GENOCIDEthe annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed race or ethnicity
  3. 3ETHNICITYhaving distinctive cultural characteristics
  4. 4MINORITY GROUPpeople who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination
  5. 5DOMINANT GROUPthe group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status
  6. 6NUMERICAL MINORITYsmall group dominating over larger group
  7. 7ETHNIC WORKactivities designed to discover, enhance, maintain, or transmit an ethnic or racial identity
  8. 8MELTING POT/TOSSED SALADethnic groups blending into a sort of ethnic stew
  9. 9DISCRIMINATIONan act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group
  10. 10RACISMprejudice and discrimination on the basis of race
  11. 11PREJUDICEan attitude or prejudicing, usually in a negative way
  12. 12CONTACT THEORYthe idea that prejudice and negative stereotypes decrease and racial-ethnic relations improve when people from different racial-ethnic backgrounds, who are of equal status, interact frequently
  13. 13INTERNALIZATION OF DOMINANT NORMSpeople being prejudiced against their own group
  14. 14INDIVIDUAL DISCRIMINATIONperson-to-person or face-to-face discrimination; the negative treatment of people by other individuals
  15. 15INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATIONnegative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society's institutions; also called systemic discrimination
  16. 16PREDATORY LENDINGbanks purposefully charging minorities higher interest rates
  17. 17SCAPEGOATan individual or group unfairly blamed for someone else's troubles
  18. 18AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITYterm coined by Theodor Adorno for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors
  19. 19SPLIT LABOR MARKETworkers split along racial-ethnic, gender, age, or any other lines; this split is exploited by owners to weaken the bargaining power or workers
  20. 20RESERVE LABOR FORCEthe unemployed; unemployed workers are thought of a being "in reserve"-capitalists take them "out of reserve" (put them back to work) during times of high production and then put them "back in reserve" (lay them off) when they are no longer needed
  21. 21SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONseeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others
  22. 22POPULATION TRANSFERthe forced transfer the minority group(s)
    (e.g., Native Americans forced onto reservations)
  23. 23INTERNAL COLONIALISMthe policy of exploiting the minority group(s) for economic gain
    (e.g., low-paid, menial work)
  24. 24SEGREGATIONthe policy of keeping racial-ethnic groups apart
    (e.g., the U.S. South before the 1960s)
  25. 25ASSIMILATIONthe process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture
    (e.g., American Czechoslovakians)
  26. 26MULTICULTURALISMthe dominant group encourages racial and ethnic variation; when successful, there is no longer a dominant group
    (e.g., Switzerland)
  27. 27COMPARTMENTALIZEto separate acts from feelings or attitudes
  28. 28ETHNIC CLEANSINGa policy of eliminating a population; includes forcible expulsion and genocide
  29. 29INDIRECT (POPULATION) TRANSFERachieved by making life so miserable for members of a minority that they leave "voluntarily"
  30. 30DIRECT (POPULATION) TRANSFERoccurs when a dominant group expels a minority
  31. 31WHITE ETHNICSwhite immigrants to the United States whose cultures differ from WASP culture
  32. 32NUMBER OF UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANTSabout 9 million
  33. 33SANCTUARY CITIEScities that will not cooperate in apprehending people illegally present in the United States
  34. 34RISING EXPECTATIONSthe sense that better conditions are soon to follow, which, if unfulfilled, increased frustration
  35. 35WILLIAM JULIUS WILSONargues that social class is more important than race in determining the life chances of African Americans
  36. 361850 FOREIGN MINERS ACTrequired Chinese and Latinos to pay $20 a month in order to work
  37. 37Chinese Exclusion Actsuspended all Chinese immigration for 10 years
  38. 38SPILLOVER BIGOTRYa stereotype that lumped Asians together, depicting them as sneaky, lazy, and untrustworthy
    (e.g. Japan immigrants arriving in the U.S.)
  39. 39ASIAN AMERICAN INCOME43 percent earn $100,000 or more
  40. 40ASIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONmore than 50 percent complete college; they earn 1 of every 8 doctorates
  41. 41REASONS FOR ASIAN AMERICANS' SUCCESSfamily life, education, and assimilation
  42. 42INDIAN REMOVALconfining Native Americans to specified areas called reservations
  43. 43TRAIL OF TEARSthe rounding up of 15,000 Cherokees and forcing them to walk a thousand miles from the Carolinas and Georgia to Oklahoma during the winter of 1838-1839
  44. 44AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONthe most direct way to level the playing field of economic opportunity
  45. 45BAMBOO CURTAINthe discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions due to being highly prepared for college

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