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CH. 10
Final
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2012

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Term
Ethnicity
Definition
-Culturale practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart
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Race
Definition
Differences in human physical characteristics used to categorize large numbers of individuals.
Term
Racialization
Definition
-The process by which understandings of race are used to classify individuals or groups of people
Term
3 Racism in US
Definition
- the exploitative relation that Europeans established with the people they encountered
-Opposition between the colors white and black as cultural symbols was deeply rooted in Euro culture
-The inventions and diffusion of the concept of race itself.
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Assimilation
Definition
New group takes on the values and norms of the dominant rule
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Pluralism
Definition
Ethnic groups in a society retain their independent and seperate identities, yet share equality in rights and powers
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Hardship of Racism
Definition
-stereotypes
-Displacement
-Scapegoat
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