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| a category of individuals labeled and treated as similar because of common biological traits, such as skin color; color and texture of hair; and shape of facial features (e.g. eyes, nose, lips). |
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| non-biological traits such as shared ancestry, culture, history, language, patterns of behavior, and beliefs that provide members of a group with a sense of common identity. |
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| overgeneralized belief that a certain trait, behavior, or attitude, characterizes all members of some identifiable group. |
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| rigidly held, unfavorable attitudes, beliefs, and feelings about members of a different groups, based on a social characteristic such as race, ethnicity, or gender. |
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| unfair treatment of people based on some social characteristics, such as race, ethnicity or sex. |
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| belief that humans are subdivided into distinct groups based on race that are different in their social behavior and innate capacities and can therefore be ranked. |
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| established laws, customs and practices that systematically reflect and produce racial inequalities in society. |
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| a governmental policy that requires organizations to seek out members of minority groups and women for educational or occupational positions from which they had previously been excluded. |
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| a way of explaining society and social structure by examining the micro-level personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs, or groups. |
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| How is race a social construction? |
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| What is defined as “race” varies across different cultures and across time… |
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