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Sociology in our times 4th
chpt 10
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
11/07/2007

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assimilation
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a process by which member of a subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominant culture

(functionalist perspective)

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Authoritarian personality
Definition
characterized by excessive conformity, sbumissiveness to authority, intolerance, insecurity, a high level of supersition and rigid, sterotypic thinking
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Discrimination
Definition
actions or practices of dominant group members (or their representatives) that have harmful impact on members of a subordinate group
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ethnic group
Definition
a collection of people distinguished by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics
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ethnic pluralism
Definition
the coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society
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ethnocentrism
Definition
The tendency to regard one's own culture and group as the standard, and thus superior, whereas all other groups are seen as inferior
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genocide
Definition
the deliberate, systematic killing an an entire people or nation
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institutionalized racism
Definition
a term used to describe the rules, procedures and practices that directly and deliberately prevent minorities from having full and equal involvement in society
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internal colonialism
Definition
according to conflict theorists, a practice that occurs when members of a racial or ethnic group are conquered or colonized and forcibly placed under economic and political control of the dominant group
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majority (dominant) group
Definition
an advantaged group that has superior resources and rights in a society
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minority (subordinate group)
Definition
a disadvantaged group whose members, because of physical or cultural characteristics are subjected to unqual treatment by the dominant group and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.
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structural assimilation
Definition
subordinate racial or ethnic group gain acceptance in everyday social interaction with members of the dominant group
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