WWII
Racial, Ethnicity, and Minority Groups
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Theories of Race and Ethnicity
Intergroup Relations
100
Prejudice and discrimination against Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group
What is anti-semitism?
100
a shared culture - the practices, value, and beliefs of a group (might include shared language, religion, tradition, etc.)
What is ethnicity?
100
a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.
What is stereotype?
100
society is more than the sum of its parts; rather, each part of society is functional for the stability of the whole society.
What is the view of functionalism?
100
The deliberate annihilation of a targeted group, is the most toxic intergroup relationship.
What is genocide?
200
While it is not certain when, it can be arguably at one of these points; in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria, in 1937 when Japan invaded China, in 1933 when Hitler took power, or in 1941 when America started fighting.
When did WWII start?
200
a group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than members of a dominant or majority group
What is a Minority group?
200
a type of prejudice that involves a set of beliefs about the race of a person/group.
What is racism?
200
race and ethnicity provide a strong symbol of identity.
What is interactionism?
200
The U.S executive branch issued a formal apology for this expulsion" reparation efforts continue today.
What happen during the 1990s?
300
a reason Germany used to expand their land, meaning living space.
What is Lebensraum?
300
they had distinguished the characteristic of minority groups: (1) unequal treatment and less power, (2) distinguishing physical or cultural traits, (3) involuntary membership in a group, etc.
Who is Charles Wagley and Marvis Harris?
300
the fact that dominant groups often accept their experience as the normative (thus superior) experience.
What is White Privilege?
300
an interactionist who suggested that racial prejudice is created through interactions between members of a dominant group.
Who is Herbert Blumer?
300
a great mixture of different cultures where each culture retains its own identity and yet adds to the flavour of the whole.
What is "salad bowl"?
400
a duel between the royal air force and the Luftwaffe.
What is the Battle of Britain?
400
a theory developed from Dollard's Frustration-Aggression Theory, it says that a dominant group will displace their unfocused aggression towards a subordinate group.
What is the scapegoat Theory?
400
in which real estate agents direct future home owners toward or away from a certain neighborhood based on their race.
What is racial steering?
400
a feminist sociologist that developed a theory on how we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
Who is Patricia Hill Collins?
400
segregation that occurs without laws but because of other factors
What is "de facto" segregation?
500
because there was a lot of important events happening in that year, such as the Nazis invading Russia, Japan bombing Pearl Harbor, and Japan invading most of south east Asia.
Why was 1941 an important year for WWII?
500
the Germans blamed the Jews for all of their countries problems and focused all of their anger and hatred toward them.
What is an example of the scapegoat theory?
500
those who hold racist beliefs but do not act on it.
Who are prejudiced non-discriminators?
500
the theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture
What is Culture of Prejudice?
500
was a unique event in 20th century history
What is holocaust?
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