1. Chapter 11 - Race and Ethnicity

2. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
A. Race
1. social construction of race
a) Skin color (genetics)
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The Human Genome Project found all humans to have a 99% similar genetic content

3. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
A. Race
social construction of race
b) Social class
c) a system of labeling that provides a source of identity
Central America
Mestizos
Caucasians
Native Americans
Afro Central Americans
Asians
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4. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
B. Ethnicity
1. Ethnicity

5. Some minority groups in the USA
Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
1. minority group 2. subordinate group
Some minority groups in the USA
Race
Age
Ethnicity
People with disabilities
Gender
Political minorities
Sexual Orientation
Regional minorities
Religion

6. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
3. dominant group
2015 Congress
Home Ownership (2015)

7. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
4. A minority group is distinguished by five characteristics:
a) unequal treatment and less power over their lives

8. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
4. a minority group is distinguished by five characteristics:
b) distinguishing physical or cultural traits like skin color or language
Iron Eyes Cody

9. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
4. a minority group is distinguished by five characteristics:
c) involuntary membership in the group

10. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
4. a minority group is distinguished by five characteristics:
d) awareness of subordination

11. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
4. a minority group is distinguished by five characteristics:
e) high rate of in-group marriage

12. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
C. Minority Groups
5. Scapegoat theory

13. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

14. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
A. Prejudice and Racism
1. Prejudice

15. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
A. Prejudice and Racism
2. racism - prejudice used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to others

16. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
A. Prejudice and Racism
3. Institutional racism

17. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
A. Prejudice and Racism
4. Colorism

18. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
B. Discrimination
discrimination

19. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
B. Discrimination
2. racial steering

20. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
B. Discrimination
3. Prejudice and discrimination can overlap and intersect in many ways.
a) Unprejudiced nondiscriminators
b) Unprejudiced discriminators
c) Prejudiced nondiscriminators
d) Prejudiced discriminators

21. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
B. Discrimination
4. Institutional discrimination - White privilege

22. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
C. Racial Tensions in the United States
1. sedimentation of racial inequality

23. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
C. Racial Tensions in the United States
2. redlining

24. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
C. Racial Tensions in the United States
3. de facto segregation

25. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
E. Multiple Identities
Census 2010
Proposed Census 2020

26. Theories of Race and Ethnicity
A. Theoretical Perspectives
Functionalism
2. Conflict Theory
intersection theory
3. Interactionism
Dysfunctional – costly to society and denies talent
Functional – Creates in-group solidarity

27. Theories of Race and Ethnicity
B. Culture of Prejudice

28. Intergroup Relationships
A. Genocide

29. Intergroup Relationships
B. Expulsion

30. Intergroup Relationships
C. Segregation
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31. Intergroup Relationships
D. Pluralism

32. Intergroup Relationships
E. Assimilation

33. Intergroup Relationships
F. Amalgamation

34. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
A. Native Americans

35. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
B. African Americans

36. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
D. Hispanic Americans

37. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Hispanics
Blacks
American Indians
All became part of the US originally involuntarily

38. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
C. Asian Americans
1. model minority

39. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
E. Arab Americans
Religious Affiliation

40. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
F. White Ethnic Americans