ISSUES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

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• ISSUES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

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• RACE
• SHARED BIOLOGICALLY TRANSMITTED TRAITS DEEMED
  SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT
• CAUCASIAN LIGHT SKIN, FINE HAIR
• NEGROID DARKER SKIN, COARSE HAIR
• MONGOLOID BROWN SKIN, DISTINCTIVE EYES
• ETHNICITY
• SHARED CULTURAL HERITAGE
• DIVERSITY IN AMERICA IS IT CELEBRATED?
• RACE, ETHNICITY, AND ASSIMILATION
• THOSE CONSIDERED MOST DIFFERENT FROM THE DOMINANT
  RACE AND ETHNICITY WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY IN
  ASSIMILATING

WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING UP THIS RACE ISSUE?!?!
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Many persons indicated more than one category and
that is why total is more than 100
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In the Year 2050

• DEMOGRAPHICS of the United States
• 1990
• WHITE 80 OF POPULATION
• BLACK 12
• HISPANIC 9
• ASIAN 3
• 2050
• WHITE 53 OF POPULATION
• HISPANIC 21
• BLACK 16
• ASIAN 10

INTERESTING
Percentages taken from previous slide
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• DOMINANT RACIAL GROUP
• WHITE AMERICA
• THE RACIAL GROUP THAT HAS WITHIN ITS POWER THE
  ABILITY TO EXPLOIT AND CONTROL OTHER GROUPS, EVEN
  IN THE FACE OF RESISTANCE
• THOSE IN A PLACE OF SOCIAL ADVANTAGE
• WHITE PRIVILEGE
• THE FACT THAT WHITES, BY VIRTURE OF THEIR RACIAL
  IDENTITY, RECEIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN ALMOST
  ALL FACETS OF SOCIAL LIFE

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• GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
• SHARE A DISTINCT IDENTITY
• RACE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, THE POOR
• SUBORDINATION
• OFTEN SADDLED WITH LOWER STATUS
• STEREOTYPES, STIGMA, AND LABELING
• GROUP SIZE (NUMBERS)
• WOMEN IN AMERICA OUTNUMBER MEN
• BLACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA OUTNUMBER WHITES

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UNDERSTANDING PREJUDICEA FEW BASIC TERMS MUST BE
UNDERSTOOD

• PREJUDICE
• THEY ARE PREJUDGMENTS THAT CAN BE EITHER POSITIVE
  OR NEGATIVE
• TRADITIONALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO RACE
• PREJUDICES ARE THOUGHT OF AS NEGATIVE, RIGID, AND
  IRRATIONAL GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT AN ENTIRE GROUP
  OF PEOPLE
• A STEREOTYPE
• A PREJUDICED DESCRIPTION OF AN ENTIRE CATEGORY OF
  PEOPLE

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• COGNITIVE LEVEL
• THE IDEA OR THOUGHT
• JEWISH PEOPLE ARE GREEDY
• EMOTIONAL LEVEL
• ATTACHING FEELINGS TO IDEA
• LEARNING TO FEEL ANGER TOWARDS WHITES
• ACTION-ORIENTATION LEVEL
• PREDISPOSITION TO ACT
• MORE LIKELY TO VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY ATTACK A
  TARGETTED GROUP

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A VERY POWERFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FORM OF PREJUDICE
THAT REMAINS VERY MUCH ALIVE TODAY

• THE BELIEF THAT ONE RACIAL CATEGORY IS INNATELY
  SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR TO ANOTHER
• INDIVIDUAL RACISM
• INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM
• RECALL WHAT RACE IS AND SEE THE IRRATIONAL
  THOUGHT PROCESS
• THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PURE RACE THESE
  DAYS A CONTINUUM
• RACE IS BIOLOGICAL, BUT WHAT PEOPLE MAKE OF IT IS
  SOCIAL

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• SCAPEGOAT THEORY
• BLAMING OTHERS FOR PERSONAL TROUBLES
• TARGET SELECTION AND THEN AGGRESSION
• AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY
• THE ARCHIE BUNKER THEORY
• CULTURE OF PREJUDICE
• THE SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCE
• ITS NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO PREJUDGE OTHERS
• CONFLICT THEORY
• SELF-JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL IN
  AMERICA
• USE OF RACE CARD BY MINORITY GROUPS CAN LEAD TO
  WHITE BACKLASH MOVEMENTS

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ITS A MATTER OF ACTION, NOT ATTITUDE

• VERBALIZATION
• JOKES, COMMENTS, RACIAL SLURS
• EXCLUSION
• KEEPING PEOPLE MARGINAL
• AVOIDANCE
• NOT TRAVELING IN CERTAIN AREAS
• PHYSICAL ABUSE
• PHYSICAL ATTACKS
• GENOCIDE
• SYSTEMATIC KILLING OFF OF A GROUP

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INSTITUTIONALIZEDPREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

• BIAS INHERENT IN THE OPERATION OF SOCIETYS
  INSTITUTIONS
• SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
• BANKING AND LOANS
• POLICE AND CRIMINAL PROFILING
• WORKPLACE AND ADVANCEMENT
• MAJORITY GROUP
• IS OFTEN SLOW TO RECOGNIZE AND DO ANYTHING ABOUT
  THINGS BECAUSE OF TRADITIONS
• ALSO, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS DO NOT CHANGE QUICKLY
  UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE

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HOW ATTITUDES (PREJUDICES) AND ACTIONS
(DISCRIMINATION) WORK TOGETHER TO CLASSIFY ALL
PEOPLE
DISCRIMINATES?
YES
NO
ACTIVE BIGOT
TIMID BIGOT
YES
PREJUDICE?
ALL- WEATHER LIBERAL
FAIR- WEATHER LIBERAL
NO
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• PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION BEGIN AS
  ETHNOCENTRIC ATTITUDES
• AS A RESULT, GROUPS CAN BE PLACED IN A SITUATION
  WHERE THEY ARE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AND LABELED
• A GROUPS SITUATION, OVER TIME, IS THUS EXPLAINED
  AS A RESULT OF INNATE INFERIORITY RATHER THAN
  LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF REASONS THE
  CYCLE THEN REPEATS ITSELF

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RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS

• NATIVE AMERICANS
• AN AMERICAN STORY OF GROUP GENOCIDE
• EURO AMERICANS
• QUICKLY FORGOT WHY THEY HAD LEFT THEIR OWN
  COUNTRIES AND DENIED FREEDOM TO MANY GROUPS
• AFRICAN AMERICANS
• FORCED IMMIGRATION FOR LABOR
• ASIAN AMERICANS
• AMERICAS MODEL MINORITY GROUP
• HISPANIC AMERICANS
• FACING MANY SOCIAL ILLS IN AMERICA

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• PLURALISM
• DISTINCT GROUPS WITH PARITY
• ASSIMILATION
• ADOPTION OF MAJORITY GROUP CULTURE
• INTERBREEDING
• SEGREGATION
• PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL DISTANCE
• DE JURE AND DE FACTO SEGREGATION
• GENOCIDE
• ONE GROUP KILLS OFF ANOTHER GROUP

SOME FOLKS ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET BEYOND THE
SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS OF COLOR
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RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPSIN AMERICA

• NATIVE AMERICANS
• FIRST TO SETTLE THE ESTERN HEMISPHERE
• WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANTS
• CAME TO DOMINATE AMERICA ONCE EUROPEAN
  COLONIZATION BEGAN
• AFRICAN AMERICANS
• ESTABLISHMEHT OF SLAVERY IN THE NEW WORLD
• ASIAN AMERICANS
• CHEAP LABOR FOR MINES, THE RAILROADS, FARMING,
  AND MUCH DISCRIMINATION
• HISPANIC AMERICANS
• THE SOUTHWEST MEXICAN AND EASTERN PUERTO RICAN
  HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS

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TWO KEY AREAS 1) ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS 2) INCREASE MEANINGFUL SOCIAL
CONTACT

• EDUCATION
• MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
• LEARN TO APPRECIATE DIVERSITY
• MEANINGFUL CONTACT
• DESIRE TO CHANGE
• HONEST, SELF-CRITIQUE OF LIFESTYLE
• PLAN FOR INCREASING SOCIAL CONTACT

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