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—The conceptions people have about what is true in the world.Ex: “I think God is real.” |
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People’s ideas about what is good or bad, right or wrong.
Ex: “If you don’t think God is real, you are a bad person |
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| are assigned to people and represent social positions over which people have little say about occupying |
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are based on people’s accomplishments or activities and reflect social positions people gain through their own efforts. |
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are when a particular status becomes central to the way people view themselves or are viewed by others. |
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Relatively stable clusters of statuses, roles, and groups that work together to fulfill some need that all societies must satisfy.
Examples:
¡Economy
¡Religion
¡Education
¡The family |
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Groups that we feel positively toward and identify with, and that produces a sense of loyalty or “we” feeling. |
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Groups to which we do not belong and that we view in a neutral or possibly hostile fashion. |
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refers to the beliefs, values, and norms that people claim to follow.
Ex: The “American Creed”/ Meritocracy
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refers to their actual behavior in relation to these professed beliefs values and norms.
Ex: Evidence showing institutionalized discrimination |
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the unequal (≠) distribution of valued goods and services. |
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groups that are set apart on the basis of obvious physical differences within a society |
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a social category of people who share a common:
¡ culture
¡language
¡dialect
¡religion
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have a consciousness of their common cultural bond.
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The unequal treatment of a person or persons based on group membership.
¡If the unequal treatment is based on the group membership of the individual, the act is discriminatory. |
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negative treatment and oppression of one racial or ethnic group by society’s existing institutions based on the presumed inferiority of the oppressed group |
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the tendency of an individual to think about other groups in ways, to attach emotions, and to prejudge individuals on the basis of their group membership. |
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New School/ Color-blind racism |
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The belief that we are now a color-blind society where race no longer shapes life chances.
Views minorities’ current status as the result of market dynamics, “naturally” occurring phenomena, and cultural limitations |
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is the result of social and spatial segregation and isolation from minorities. So if you are white and surrounded by whites, then racism, as experienced by minorities today, may never be discussed. |
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any advantage, opportunity, benefit, head start, or general protection from (-) societal mistreatment, which “white” people typically enjoy, but which others generally do not. Types of benefits: |
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Goals and Timetables for Hiring to Measure Progress |
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keeping tract of how many employees are members of a targeted group in each major job category. For groups underrepresented, employers establish goals and timetables toward reaching, typically, proportinate representation. |
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procedures which reach out to targeted group members to make sure they find out about a job, educational programs or government contracts. |
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| involves having additional education/job training programs available for targeted group members to make up for lack of education and training |
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