Sociology Race and Ethnicity

A shared cultural heritage

Any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates

a rigid and unfair generalisation about an entire category of people

a simplified description applied to every person in some category

The belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another

prejudice springs from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged

Way to express anger---Produces superiority feelings---

A personality trait of certain individuals who show Intolerance towards all minorities

Belief in the social superiority of some categories of people (e.g. British) is still a part of Canadian culture

Some prejudice is found in everyone because it is embedded in culture

product of social conflict----Self-justification for the rich and powerful to oppress others, e.g., Chinese railroad labourers

Unequal treatment of various categories of people

bias built into the operation of society’s institutions including schools, hospitals, the police, and the workplace

The process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture, thereby becoming more similar to the dominant group

Physical and social separation of categories of people

The systematic killing of one category of people by another