Surprise
McIntosh defines this as an invisible package of unearned assets.
What is White Privilege
Sociologists call the idea that all individuals act like mirrors to each other
What is the Looking-Glass Self
This is the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social movements organized around that belief
What is Feminism
It is a hierarchical arrangement in society that gives groups different access to the economic, social, political and cultural resources.
What is Social Class
According to “Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?,” identifying as Irish on St. Patrick’s Day is an example of _______________.
What is Symbolic Ethnicity
According to Levitt et al. in the reading "Frozen in Time...," associating oneself with negative group representations because there are no alternative images to identify with is
What is Self-Stereotyping
This refers to the process of evoking, suppressing, or managing feelings to create a public display of emotion.
What is Emotion Work
Most sociologists acknowledge the possibility that binary male-female categories are not the only way of classifying individuals. This perspective is called:
What is Social Constructionism
This includes education, tastes, cultural knowledge, and attitude and either helps or hinders us as we become adults.
What is cultural capital
This is a socially defined category based on a shared language or shared nationality or cultural heritage
What is Ethnicity
The idea that entrenched attitudes can develop among poor communities and lead the poor to accept their fate rather than attempt to improve their lot.
The Culture of Poverty
A status that seems to override all other statuses a person may possess
What is a Master Status
Institutions are organized around belief structures that define and enforce heterosexual behavior as the only natural and permissible form of sexual expression
What is Heterosexism
This refers to changes in the social status of large numbers of people due to structural changes in society.
What is Structural Mobility
This is the unequal treatment of individuals because of their social group
What is Discrimination
According to Katz, the idea of heterosexuality is a modern invention, dating to the _______________ century.
What is late 19th century
Durr and Wingfield argue that society casts Michelle Obama as which stereotype?
What is a sapphire stereotype
During the Early Victorian True Love era (1820–1860), the human body was thought of as a means for
What is procreation
Silva argues in “Working Class Growing Pains” that economic insecurity for the working class affects family life in this manner
What is decline in marriage/romantic relationships
Omi and Winant use the term _______________ to describe how cultural representations and racial meanings are connected to the racial organization of social structures and everyday
What is a racial project