Key Terms
An extreme form of prejudice that believes in natural superiority
What is Racism?
The four key features of a minority group
What are distinctive physical/culture traits, unequal treatment, sense of group identity, and ascribed status?
The systematic effort to destroy an entire population
What is Genocide?
This perspective views prejudice as a tool for the majority to control resources
What is the Conflict Perspective?
This is what "de jure" means in sociology
What is "By Law"?
A criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice
What is a Hate Crime?
Your cultural background, defined by shared ancestry and traditions
What is Ethnicity?
The most common pattern of conflict where a minority is denied equal access
What is Subjugation?
This perspective focuses on the dysfunctions, like high social costs, caused by prejudice
What is the Functionalist Perspective?
The founder of the Carlisle Indian School said "Kill the Indian...save the _____"
What is "Man"?
A set of ideas based on distortion and exaggeration applied to all group members
What is a Stereotype?
The concept where different cultures coexist and celebrate their uniqueness
Segregation that exists "in fact", regardless of the law, like housing patterns
What is De Facto Segregation?
This perspective says we learn prejudice in two stages: pre-generalized learning and total rejection
What is the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective?
A "fauxthentic" American-Asian food invented in the U.S., like a California roll
What is Fortune Cookies OR Kung Pao Chicken?
The sociological perspective that focuses on how we learn prejudice through interaction
What is Symbolic Interactionist Perspective?
The mentality, resulting from ethnocentrism, that creates a divide between groups
What is "Us vs. Them"?
The forced movement of a minority to a. remote location or out of a territory
What is Population Transfer?
According to the Conflict Perspective, minorities often view each other as these instead of allies
What is Competitors?
This 1960s law ended de jure segregation, but de facto segregation persisted
What is the Civil Rights Act (of 1968)?
The process where a minority group is forced to blend into the dominant culture, often by leaving their own behind
While nationality can change, sociologists argue that this, defined by shared culture and ancestry, cannot
What is Ethnicity?
The forced displacement of approximately 60,000 Native Americans on this trail is a tragic example of population transfer
What is the Trail of Tears?
A sociologist using this perspective would argue that the pay gap between men and women is an example of a group with less power facing conflict in securing equal resources
The debate over a Native American mascot, where supporters call it a "tradition" and critics call it a harmful stereotype, perfectly illustrates the tension between these two concepts: one about blending in, the other about maintaining unique identity.
What is Assimilation vs. Cultural Pluralism?