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Sociology
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
03/28/2009

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debt bondage
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people with appearance differeces work in exchange for housing or food
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minority groups classification
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excluded or denied full particpation in society, valued less favorable by the dominant group, sterotyped, develop collective identities
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symbolic interactionism and race
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contends that if people believe something is real it may be real in its consequences, that people think there are differecne has consequences
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ethnic group
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based on cultural factors, language religon, customs
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prejudice
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refers to attitudes that prejudege a group usually negatively and not based on facts, prejudiced individuals lump together people with certain characteristics.
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discrimination
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when prejudiced attitudes are manifested in actions they are referred to as discrimination
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sterotyping
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prejudien categorize large numbesr of peopl ato them personal qualities based on theri dress language skin color or other identifying racial or ethnic features tribute nd atced individuals oft
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self fulfilling prophecy
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when prejudiced groups incorporate the prejudiced views about themselves into their behavior.
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racism
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is any attitud belief or institutional arrangement that vaors one racial gropu over another with intentional or unintentional consequeces for minority groups
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ideological racism
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invovles the velief that humans are divided inot innately different groups osme of which are biologically inferior
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