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| power differences regardless of the size of the group |
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| society is continually creating and transforming racial categories |
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| distinctive on the basis of national origin, language, religion, and culture |
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groups that are socially subordinated and remain culturally distinct within U.S. society
aka. racially defined ethnic groups |
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| explanations that view the secondary status of minorities as the result of their own behaviors and cultural traits |
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| explanation that blames the prejudiced attitudes of majority members for the secondary status of the minority |
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| structural discrimination theories |
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| explanations that focus on the institutionalized patters of discrimination as the sources of the secondary status of minorities |
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| occurs when the social arrangeements and accepted ways of doing things in society disadvantage a racial group |
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| overt acts by individuals of on race to harm a member or members of another race |
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| disproportionate exposure of some racial group to toxic substances |
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