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Sociology
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04/29/2009

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Minority Group
Definition
A subordinate group whose members, even if they represent a majority, have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.
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Racial Group
Definition
A group that is set apart from others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance.
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Ethnic Group
Definition
A group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.
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Racial Formation
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A sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhibited, transformed, and destroyed.
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Stereotype
Definition
An unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within the group.
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Prejudice
Definition
A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
The tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.
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Racism
Definition
The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.
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Hate Crime
Definition
A criminal offense committed because of the offender's bias towards an individual based on race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or sexual orientation.
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Color-Blind Racism
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The use of race-neutral principles to perpetuate a racially unequal status quo.
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Discrimination
Definition
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.
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Racial Profiling
Definition
Any police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on a person's behavior.
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Institutional Discrimination
Definition
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.
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Affirmative Action
Definition
Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.
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Exploitation Theory
Definition
A belief that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.
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Contact Hypothesis
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The theory that in cooperative circumstances interracial contact between people of equal status will reduce prejudice.
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Genocide
Definition
The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
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Expulsion
Definition
The systematic removal of a group or people from society.
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Amalgamation
Definition
The process through which a majority group and a minority group combine to form a new group.
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Assimilation
Definition
The process through which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.
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Segregation
Definition
The physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social events; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.
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Apartheid
Definition
A former policy of the South African government, designed to maintain the separation of blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.
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Pluralism
Definition
Mutual respect for one another's cultures among the various groups in a society, which allow minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.
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Black Power
Definition
A political philosophy, promoted by many younger blacks in the 1960's that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.
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Model/Ideal Minority
Definition
A subordinate group whose members supposedly have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally despite past prejudice and discrimination.
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
Anti-Jewish prejudice
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Symbolic Ethnicity
Definition
An ethnic identity that emphasizes concerns such as ethnic food or political issues rather than deeper ties to one's ethnic heritage.
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