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Diversity and Inequality
Study Guide Test 1
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
10/20/2014

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Minority/Subordinate Group
Definition
groups with less power who are targeted for oppression by the dominant group that wields power and social control
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Race
Definition
what group of people one person belongs to.
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Ethnicity
Definition
members of a group that is recognized by the members of the group and is based on social or cultural characteristics rather than physical chracteristics
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Prejudice
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an opinion or feeling arising from a tendency to make assumptions about people based on a singular characteristic, such as sex, race, or religion without any other basis
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Ethnocentrism
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viewpoint that the group an individual belongs to is superior to all other racial and ethnic groups
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Discrimination
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the treating of another based solely on that person's membership in a particular racial or ethnic group
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Stereotyping
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making implicit biases on a persons race or ethnicity based on how they interact with the world
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Pluralism
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the retention of ethnic cultures and boundaries within the larger society
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White Privilege
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the unearned social and political advantages historically given to whites
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Affirmative Action
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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Merton's Typology
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Unprejudiced non discriminator
unprejudiced discriminator
prejudiced non discriminator
prejudiced discriminator
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Civil Rights Movements
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people fought for equal rights
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Jim Crow Laws
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Ideology
Definition
a shared belief that holds power and justifies oppression
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Systems of Oppression
Definition
the patterns of relationships that are used to discriminate against people
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Structural Inequality
Definition
framework within a society where built-in inequalities validate the oppression of certain groups of people while privileging others
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Redlining
Definition
practice of denying loans, limiting the amount of money available, or denying the extension or credit to qualified non-white borrowers who want to purchase homes in predominantly white communities
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Internalized Oppression
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a belief system that causes people within racial groups to subconsciously believe the distorted messages about racial groups, including their own
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Bias
Definition
someone's view on a particular race
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Defacto Segregation
Definition
social segregation of races that happens every day in spite of antisegregation laws
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Dejure Discrimination
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legal discrimination
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Homer vs Plessy
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separate does not mean equal
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Brown vs Board of Education
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schools were desegregated
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Ideological state apparatus
Definition
mechanism for spreading ideology subtly and controlling society; for example, the media
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Institutional Discrimination
Definition
discrimination that occurs when opportunities and equal rights have been denied to individuals or groups through the norms and rules by which society and institutions function
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Functionalist Theory
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Inequality and oppression are both necessary for one group to maintain dominance over the other
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Conflict Theory
Definition
Believe oppression and inequality should end
society functions best when playing field is level
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Critical Race Theory
Definition
Dominant groups are in charge of social institutions
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4 laws
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emancipation proclamation
brown v board of ed
Jim crow laws
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