Transcript 14(No recording)2 Race & Ethnicity

Race & Ethnicity
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“Scientific” racial types are
misleading
 No
society contains biologically
“pure” people
 All racial categories are genetically
very much alike
 Skin color of Caucasian people
ranges from very light to very dark
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Race & Ethnicity
 Race
= biologically transmitted
traits
 Ethnicity = culture
–Can be changed (E.g. Russian to
American)
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Geographical theory of race
 Physical
differences - e.g. skin
color relates to temperature and
other geographical conditions
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Characteristics of minorities
 Distinctive
physical or cultural
traits
 Socially disadvantaged
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Prejudice vs discrimination
 Prejudice
= attitudes
 Discrimination = behavior
 Institutional discrimination
–Bias built into the operation of
today’s institutions
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Stereotypes
 Exaggerated
descriptions applied
to everyone in some category
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Theories of prejudice
 Scapegoat
theory
 Cultural theory
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Scapegoat theory
 Links
prejudice to frustration and
disadvantaged status
 Unfairly blame others for their
troubles
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Cultural theory of prejudice
 Emory
Borgardus (research on
social distance)
 Prejudice expressed by people well
adjusted to a “culture of
prejudice”.
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Majority & minority: Patterns of
interaction
 Pluralism
- Social parity
 Assimilation
–Adoption of the English
 Segregation - separation
 Genocide
–Annihilation of one category
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Today’s immigrants
 Asia
 Latin
America
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Xenophobia
 Fear
of what is strange
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