Transcript 14RaceEthnicity

Race & Ethnicity
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© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D.
What is the difference between
race and ethnicity?
Race
= biologically transmitted
traits
n Ethnicity
= culture
n
– Can be changed (E.g. Russian
to American)
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Can racial types be misleading?
Every society’s population is a
genetic mixture
All racial categories are genetically
very much alike
Skin color of Caucasian people
ranges from very light to very dark
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How did difference races
develop?
Genetic mutations theory
Geographical theory of race
– Physical differences - e.g. skin color
relates to temperature and other
geographical conditions
Do you remember?
What is the difference between race and
ethnicity?
Why can racial types be misleading?
How did different races develop?
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What is the difference between
prejudice and discrimination?
Prejudice = attitudes
– Prejudgment
– Treats everyone the same way
– Can be positive or negative
Discrimination = Action
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What is a stereotype?
Exaggerated descriptions applied to
everyone in some category
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Why are people prejudice?
Scapegoat theory
Cultural theory
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What is the scapegoat theory of
prejudice?
Links prejudice to frustration and
disadvantaged status
Unfairly blame others for their
troubles
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What is the 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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Do you remember?
What is the difference between prejudice
and discrimination?
What is a stereotype?
How does the scapegoat theory explain
prejudice?
How does the cultural theory explain
prejudice?
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What makes a minority?
Distinctive physical or cultural
traits
Socially disadvantaged
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What are the majority & minority
patterns of interaction?
Pluralism - Social
parity
Assimilation
–Adoption of English
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Majority and minority patterns
of interaction. (Cont.)
Segregation – separation
Genocide
–Annihilation of one
category
»Hitler’s Holocaust
»Darfur region in Africa
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Where are today’s immigrants
coming from?
Asia
Latin America
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Do you remember?
What defines a minority?
What are the four types of majority /
minority patterns of interaction?
Where are today’s immigrants coming
from?
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