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FLASH CARD CHAPTER 8
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
10/18/2013

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Affirmative action
Definition
Programs or policies that seek to rectify the effects of past discrimination by increasing representation and ensuring equal opportunity for any previously disadvantaged group (page 237)
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Assimilation
Definition
A pattern of relations between ethnic or racial groups in which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream or dominant group, making society more homogenous (page 239)
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Cultural assimilation
Definition
the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture (page 242)
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Discrimination
Definition
Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice (page 228)
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Embodied identity
Definition
Those elements of identity that are generated through others' perceptions of our physical traits (page 231)
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Ethnicity
Definition
A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor (page 222)
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Genocide
Definition
The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, national, or cultural group (page 238)
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Individual discrimination
Definition
Discrimination carried out by one person against another (page 228)
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Institutional discrimination
Definition
Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affect all members of a group who come into contact with it (page 228)
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Internal colonialism
Definition
The economic and political domination and subjugation of the minority group by the controlling group within a nation (page 239)
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Minority group
Definition
Members of a social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups but who are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups (page 226)
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Miscegenation
Definition
Romantic, sexual, or marital relationships between people of different races (page 232)
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Passing
Definition
Presenting yourself as a member of a different racial or ethnic group than the one you were born into (page 231)
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Pluralism
Definition
A cultural pattern of intergroup relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation within a society (page 242)
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Population transfer
Definition
The forcible removal of a group of people from the territory they have occupied (page 239)
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Prejudice
Definition
An idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it (page 228)
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Race
Definition
A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people (page 222)
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Racial assimilation
Definition
The process by which racial minority groups are absorbed into the dominant group through intermarriage (page 241)
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Racism
Definition
A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are genetic (page 226)
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Segregation
Definition
The formal and legal separation of groups by race or ethnicity (page 239)
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Situational ethnicity
Definition
An ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation (page 223)
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Symbolic ethnicity
Definition
An ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life (page 223)
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Heritage tourism
Definition
the pilgrimage
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race
Definition
a socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences
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"racially relevant"
Definition
content and language
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ethnicity
Definition
a socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor
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three races:
Definition
Negroid, Mongoloid, and Caucasoid (corresponding roughly to black, Asian, and white). believed that each race was characterized by its own biological makeup, separate and distinct from the others.
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symbolic ethnicity
Definition
an ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions
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situational ethnicity
Definition
an ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation
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showing group membership
Definition
is through situational ethnicity, when we deliberately assert our ethnicity in some situations while downplaying it in others.
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Situational ethnicity
Definition
an ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation
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diaspora
Definition
displaced peoples who may have emigrated generations ago.
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"making aliyah,"
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or moving there permanently
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diasporan
Definition
descendants of American, European, and Caribbean slaves
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minority group
Definition
members of a social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society
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minority group
Definition
people who are recognized as belonging to a social category (here either a racial or an ethnic group) and who suffer from unequal treatment as a result .
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(endogamy
Definition
high rates of in-group marriage
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social inequality
Definition
to persist, the unequal treatment that minority groups suffer must be supported by the dominant groups.
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Racism
Definition
an ideology or set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group over another, used to justify social arrangements between the dominant and minority groups.
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Racist beliefs
Definition
are often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are innate, or biologically based.
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Prejudice and discrimination
Definition
closely related to racism, the terms are often used interchangeably important distinctions Prejudice, literally a "prejudgment," is an inflexible attitude (usually negative, although it can work in the reverse) about a particular group of people and is rooted in generalizations or stereotypes.
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prejudice
Definition
an idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it
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racial identity:
Definition
it's not just what you say, but how others receive it.
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Mormon Pioneer Trail
Definition
Mormons, whose religious persecution in the East and Midwest between 1846 and 1869 drove 70,000 to cross the country
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Multiculturalism Act
Definition
declares that the role of government is to bring about "equal access for all Canadians in the economic, social, cultural, and political realms"
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