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minortiy group
a subordinate group whose members, even if they represent a numeric majority, have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs TERM 2
racial group
DEFINITION 2 a group that is set apart from others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance TERM 3
ethnic group
DEFINITION 3 a group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultureal patters TERM 4
racial formation
DEFINITION 4 a sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhibited, transformed, and destroyed TERM 5
stereotype
DEFINITION 5 an unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within the group
prejudice
a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often and ethinic or racial minority. TERM 7
ethnocentrism
DEFINITION 7 the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. TERM 8
racism
DEFINITION 8 the belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior TERM 9
hate crime
DEFINITION 9 a crimeinal offense committed because of the offender's bias against an individual based on race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or sexual orientation. TERM 10
color-blind racism
DEFINITION 10 the use of race-neutral principles to perpetuate a racially unqual status quo
contact hypothesis
the theory that in cooperative circumstances interracial contact between people of equal status will reducs prejudice TERM 17
genocide
DEFINITION 17 the deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation TERM 18
explusion
DEFINITION 18 the systematic removal of a group of people from society TERM 19
amalgamation
DEFINITION 19 the process through which a majority group and a minorty group combine to form a new group TERM 20
assimilation
DEFINITION 20 the processthrough which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture
segregation
the physical seperation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social events; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group TERM 22
apartheid
DEFINITION 22 a former policy of the south african government, designed to maintain the sparation of blacks and other non-whites from the dominant whites TERM 23
pluralism
DEFINITION 23 mutual respect for one another's cultures among the various groups in a society, which allows minorites to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice. TERM 24
black
power
DEFINITION 24 a political philosphy, promoted by many younger black in the 1960's that supported teh creating of black-controlled political and exonomic institutions TERM 25
model or ideal minority
DEFINITION 25 a subordinate group whose members supposeldy have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally despite past prejudice and discrimination
