Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity as Lived Experience | SOC - Racial and Ethnic Relations, Quizzes of Ethnic Studies

Download Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity as Lived Experience | SOC - Racial and Ethnic Relations and more Quizzes Ethnic Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Race DEFINITION 1 A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people. TERM 2 Ethnicity DEFINITION 2 A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, nationality, history, or another cultural factor. TERM 3 Symbolic Ethnicity DEFINITION 3 An ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life. TERM 4 Situational Ethnicity DEFINITION 4 An ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation. TERM 5 Minority Group DEFINITION 5 Social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups though they are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups. TERM 6 Racism DEFINITION 6 A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are genetic. TERM 7 Prejudice DEFINITION 7 An idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it. TERM 8 Discrimination DEFINITION 8 Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice. TERM 9 Individual Discrimination DEFINITION 9 Discrimination carried out by one person against another. TERM 10 Institutional Discrimination DEFINITION 10 Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affect all members of a group who come into contact with it.