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Race and Ethnicity
test number three
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2011

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active bigot
Definition
someone who is prejudiced and does discriminate
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affirmative action
Definition
policy which allows organizations to set goals and timetables related to increasing diversity in order to address lack of equal opportunity that remains as a result of historical and present discrimination
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all weather liberal
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:  someone who is not prejudiced and does not discriminate
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assimilation
Definition
the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominate culture
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(cultural) pluralism
Definition
a state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing
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de facto segregation
Definition
The physical and social separation of categories of people by just the way people live (neighborhoods and Sunday morning), NOT by law
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de jure segregation 
Definition
The physical and social separation of categories of people BY LAW
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discrimination
Definition
unequal treatment of various categories of people
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ethnicity 
Definition
a shared cultural heritage
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fair weather liberal
Definition
someone who is not prejudiced but discriminates
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genocide
Definition
the systematic killing of one category of people by another
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hate crime
Definition
a criminal act of against a person or person's property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias
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institutional prejudice
Definition
bias built into the operation of society's institutions 
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majority group
Definition
category of people who dominate and have power over others in society
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minority group
Definition
any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates
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population transfer
Definition
forced migration of minority group people from one place to another
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prejudice
Definition
a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people
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race
Definition
a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important
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racism
Definition
the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another
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stereotype
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an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category
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timid bigot
Definition
someone who is prejudiced but does not discriminate
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