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TEST SEVEN
RELATIONS
THE DICHOTOMY OF AMERICAN RACE RELATIONS
For discussion-P 231 Truth or Fiction.
RACE
-scholars have created Caucasoid, mongoloids and negroids as
3 categories
-problems include: Indians, Ainu, and Aborigine
-For these reasons, Race is of little concern.
-rather, Sociologists focus on the reactions from one perceived
group to another
ETHNICITY
-Set of cultural characteristics distinguishing one group from
another
-for this reason, the melting pot of the US is full of ethnic
groups
-strong and weak groups
-strong=Asians, Hispanics
-weak=Irish, German
-*-One problem this creates is a lack of a National Ethnic Group.
-this allows for infighting and power struggles as few
Americans identify as being “American.” At least until they
themselves are labeled a “minority group.”
-However, the rest of the world recognizes us as
American=American Ethnic Group
-One of our problems, and sociologists have created this, is the
label of “Minority Group.”
-Dominant vs Minority
*-physical characteristics or cultural practices create a minority
group
-minority groups are discriminated against.
CHARACTERISTICS
1) Identifiable physical or cultural traits different from the
dominant
2) Are victims of unequal treatment
3) Membership is ascribed
4) Members have a strong bond of loyalty
5) Members practice endogamy
Discrimination and Prejudice
Discrimination involves behavior
Prejudice involves an attitude
1) Legal discrimination
2) Institutionalized discrimination
3) Stereotype-Oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable
generalization.
-can be self-fulfilling prophecy
a) Active bigot
b) Timid bigot
c) Fair weather bigot
d) All weather liberal
SOURCES OF DISCRIMINATION
-Societal
-Psychological
-Economic
-familial
PATTERNS OF MINORITY GROUP TREATMENT
1) Cultural plurism
-allows each group to keep its culture
2) Assimilation
-blends each group into a common culture
3) Legal protection
4) Segregation
-separate dominant group from minority
A) de Jure
B) de facto
5) Subjugation
-allows forced slavery
6) Population Transfer
7) Extermination
MINORITY GROUPS IN US
SEE p 259
GENDER
-behavior and psychological traits appropriate for men and
women
Sex=biological identity
Gender Roles=behavior and attitudes a society establishes for
men and women
Cultures have different rolesin the US girls have taken many boys roles and identities,
but little of the opposite has taken place.
Expectations of the past:
Boys=adventurous, aggressive, and physically active
Girls=polite, gentle, passive
Boys=career
Girls=marriage
-Patriarchy system-male dominance
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
-Conflict perspective-men vs women
-Sexism-one sex is by nature superior to the other
-In US, you have the women’s movement=”Sexes were socially,
politically and economically equal.”
-Suffrage
-Education
-work
-politics
Age/Elderly
-Ageism-the belief that one age is superior to another age.
-Baby boomers=1945-1964
-Politics=AARP
-Gray Panthers
Medicare
Social Security
-Age and inequality
Categories not discussed
Infanticide
Geronticide
Euthanasia
END TEST 7