1. Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity

2. Are we living in a Post-Racial (colorblind) society?
Research indicates that those who “ignore” race are the most racially biased
Race affects a person’s place within the stratification system
Wealth
Life Expectancy
Drop-out Rates
Home Ownership
Prison Rates
Victims of Crime
The Unequal Opportunity Race:

4. Race as a Social Construct
 Race is not biologically real - it is socially and politically constructed via law, public policy and social practices.
Society socially constructs which racial
differences are deemed important
Race: The Power of an Illusion

5. Racial and Ethnic groups
Racial Group: group set apart because of obvious physical differences
Ethnic Group: group set apart primarily because of national origin or distinctive cultural patterns
Minority Group: subordinate group whose members have significantly less control of power over their own lives

6. Prejudice and Discrimination
Prejudice: Negative attitude towards an entire group of people
Racism: belief that one race is supreme and others are innately superior
Discrimination: denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups based on some type of arbitrary bias
Jane Elliot’s A Class Divided:

7. Stereotypes Stereotypes- unreliable generalizations about all
members of a group that do not recognize
individual differences
Ernestine Johnson’s spoken word:

8. Psychology of Racism
White Privilege- rights or immunities granted to people as benefit of favor simply because they are white
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People will internalize their position in the social structure based on their racial positionality
Doll Experiment: