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Cablinasian
The term Tiger Woods used to refer to his ethnic background being from almost each type of race. TERM 2
Race
DEFINITION 2 A group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group. TERM 3
Ethnicity
DEFINITION 3 An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy. Refers to cultural characteristics. TERM 4
Ethnic
Work
DEFINITION 4 The way people construct their ethnicity. "For people who have a strong ethnic identity, this term refers to how they maintain their groups distinctions-- from clothing, food, and language to religious practices and holidays." TERM 5
Racism
DEFINITION 5 When the basis of discrimination is based on the victims race.
Minority Group
Group of people with less power, privilege, and is discriminated against. TERM 7
Dominant Group
DEFINITION 7 More power, privilege, and they do the discriminating. They are in higher status. TERM 8
Prejudice
DEFINITION 8 A prejudice is a prejudgment, an assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy. TERM 9
Discrimination
DEFINITION 9 In sociology, discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based solely on their membership in a certain group or category. TERM 10
Institutional
Discrimination
DEFINITION 10 When discrimination is woven into the fabric of society. ex) Bank denying loans to minority groups regardless of their good credit.
Internal Colonialism
Internal Colonialism: Conflict theorists use the term internal colonialism to describe the way in which a country's dominant group exploits the minority group for its economic advantage. The dominant group manipulates the social institutions to suppress minorities and deny them full access to their society's benefits. TERM 17
Assimilation
DEFINITION 17 The process by which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream culture or dominant group. TERM 18
Population Transfer
DEFINITION 18 Population transfer is the movement of a large group of people from one region to another by state policy or international authority, most frequently on the basis of ethnicity or religion. There are two types of population transfer: indirect and direct. Indirect transfer is achieved by making life so miserable for members of a minoirty group that they leave voluntarily. Direct transfer occurs when a dominant group expels a minority. TERM 19
Multiculturalism/Pluralism
DEFINITION 19 Multiculturalism/Pluralism permits or encourages racial/ethnic variation. The minority groups are able to maintain their seperate identities, yet participate freely in the country's social institutions from education to politics. TERM 20
WASPs
DEFINITION 20 White Anglo Saxon Protestants Super Rich
Latinos
Largest Minority Group 66% Mexican **Mexican is the poorest of this group. 4% Cuban **Richest, Most educated of this group. TERM 22
Native
Americans
DEFINITION 22 1% of population Known as the invisible minority. TERM 23
African
Americans
DEFINITION 23 12.3% of the population. Social Class issues as seen in People Like Us. TERM 24
Asian
Americans
DEFINITION 24 Most educated minority. Most likely to have a 2 parent household. **24%Chinese **13% Indian Most assimilated. Model Minority.
