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