Chapter 8- Race and Ethnicity

A socially constructed category, based on real or percieved biological differences between groups of people

A socially defined category based on shared ancestry or cultural heritage. It may include a common language, religion, or history.

A social group that is systemically denied access to power or resources available to the common groups of society.

A set of beliefs about the claimed superiority of one racial or ethnic group

An IDEA about the characteristics of a group applied to all members of that group and unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it.

Unequal treatment of individuals because of their social group usually motivated by prejudice

Discrimination carried out by one person to another

Discrimination built into the structures of society and effects all members of society

Race creates social ties and strengthens group bonds even if it can lead to violence and social conflict between groups

Inequality when it comes to race is built into and perpetuated by the system.

Race is an aspect of identity established through interaction

W.E.B DuBois's term for the divided identity experienced by blacks in the united states

Blinds the Privileged to the challenges faces by the nonpriveleged groups

An Ideology that removes race as an explanation for any form of unequal treatment

An awarness of importance of race in our every day lives

The deliberate and systemic extermination of a racial, ethnic, national, or cultural group

The forceful removal of a group of people from a territory that they have occupied

The formal or legal seperation of groups by race and ethnicity

The minority group is absorbed into the mainstream or dominant group, making society more homogenous

Various ethnic and racial groups can maintain their differences and still be treated as legally and socially equal