1 Race & Ethnicity. 2 “Scientific” racial types are misleading n No society contains biologically “pure” people n All racial categories are genetically.

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1 Race & Ethnicity

2 “Scientific” racial types are misleading n No society contains biologically “pure” people n All racial categories are genetically very much alike n Skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark

3 Race & Ethnicity n Race = biologically transmitted traits n Ethnicity = culture –Can be changed (E.g. Russian to American)

4 Geographical theory of race n Physical differences - e.g. skin color relates to temperature and other geographical conditions

5 Characteristics of minorities n Distinctive physical or cultural traits n Socially disadvantaged

6 Prejudice vs discrimination n Prejudice = attitudes n Discrimination = behavior n Institutional discrimination –Bias built into the operation of today’s institutions

7 Stereotypes n Exaggerated descriptions applied to everyone in some category

8 Theories of prejudice n Scapegoat theory n Cultural theory

9 Scapegoat theory n Links prejudice to frustration and disadvantaged status n Unfairly blame others for their troubles

10 Cultural theory of prejudice n Emory Borgardus (research on social distance) n Prejudice expressed by people well adjusted to a “culture of prejudice”.

11 Majority & minority: Patterns of interaction n Pluralism - Social parity n Assimilation –Adoption of the English n Segregation - separation n Genocide –Annihilation of one category

12 Today’s immigrants n Asia n Latin America

13 Xenophobia n Fear of what is strange

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