Inequality by Race and Ethnicity

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Inequality by Race and Ethnicity
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Defining Terms

• Race - socially constructed category comprised of
  people who share biologically transmitted traits
  that members of a society consider important
• Ethnicity a shared cultural heritage
• Minority category of people, distinguished by
  physical or cultural traits, who are socially
  disadvantaged

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Defining Terms

• Stereotype- unreliable generalizations about all
  members of a group that do not recognize
  individual differences within the group
• Scapegoating blaming a person or category of
  people for something that is not their fault

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Manning Nash

• Functions of racially prejudiced beliefs
• Moral justification for unequal society
• Discourages subordinate group from questioning
  status
• Encourages support for status quo. Societal
  change greater poverty

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Arnold Rose

• Dysfunctions
• Failing to utilize resources
• Financial burden put on dominant group to
  alleviate aggravated problems
• Defending barriers is time consuming
• Undercuts goodwill

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Exploitation Theory

• Unequal treatment of subordinate groups is an
  integral part of capitalism

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Contact Hypothesis

• Racial prejudice and discrimination can be
  reduced through cooperative contact between
  races.

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White Privilege

• Peggy McIntosh
• Robert Jensen

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Prejudice and Discrimination

• Not a neat mental package
• Prejudice - Rigid and irrational generalization
  about an entire category of people.
• 3 levels of prejudice
• Cognitive level beliefs and perceptions
• Emotional level feelings a group arouses in the
  individual
• Action-oriented predisposition to engage in
  discriminatory behavior

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Prejudice and Discrimination

• Racism an ideology - belief that one racial
  category is innately superior or inferior to
  another
• Discrimination unequal treatment

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Prejudice and Discrimination

• Psychological PD are the result of individuals
  who have authoritarian personalities
• Fulfills a psychic need
• Sociological people will act in a way to
  maximize rewards to themselves and minimize costs
• Enculturation people are socialized to believe
  and behave and can be taught to participate or
  resist

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Mertons Chart
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Prejudice and Discrimination

• Institutional Discrimination bias inherent in
  the operation of societys institutions

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Reproduction of Prejudice and Discrimination

• Family
• Education
• Media
• Peer Groups