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Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Myth 1—Idea That Any Race is Superior  All Races Have Geniuses and Idiots  Myth 2—Idea that Any Race is Pure  Human Characteristics Flow Endlessly Together Race: Myth and Reality

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Race Refers to Biological Characteristics  Ethnicity Refers to Cultural Characteristics  Common Ancestry  Cultural Heritage  Nations of Origin Ethnic Groups

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Minority Group—People Singled Out for Unequal Treatment  Minority Group Can Be Racial or Ethnic  Minority Group Not Necessarily Numerical Minority Minority and Dominant Groups

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Dominant Group—Group with Most…  Power  Privileges  Highest Social Status  Dominant Group Does the Discriminating Minority and Dominant Groups

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Minority Groups Occur Because of…  Expansion of Political Boundaries  Migration  Minority Groups Share Characteristics Emergence of Minority Groups

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Membership is an Ascribed Status  Physical or Cultural Traits Held in Low Esteem by Dominant Group  Unequal Treatment  Marry Within Own Group  Feel Strong Group Solidarity Shared Characteristics

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Relative Size  Power  Appearance  Discrimination  Ethnic Work Constructing Racial-Ethnic Identity

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Common Throughout the World  Discrimination is an Action  Racial Discrimination is RACISM  Discrimination Results from Prejudice  Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis Prejudice and Discrimination

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Learning Prejudice  Internalizing Dominant Norms  Media  Group Membership  Prejudice Against Own Group Prejudice and Discrimination

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Each Racial-Ethnic Group Views Other Groups as Inferior in Some Way  Dislike of One Group Associated with Dislike of Other Groups  Older, Less Educated More Prejudiced Extent of Prejudice

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Home Mortgage and Car Loans  Health Care Individual and Institutional Discrimination

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Psychological Perspectives  Frustration and Scapegoats  The Authoritarian Personality Theories of Prejudice

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Sociological Perspectives  Functionalism  Conflict Theory  Symbolic Interactionism  Labels Create Prejudice  Self-Fulfilling Prophesy Theories of Prejudice

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Genocide  Population Transfer  Internal Colonialism Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Segregation  Assimilation  Multiculturalism Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Nation’s Founders Included Only Those from England (WASPs)  Other “White” Europeans Inferior Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—White Europeans

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Numbers, Origins, Location  Spanish Language  Diversity  Comparative Conditions Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—Latinos (Hispanics)

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  The Struggle for Civil Rights  Rising Expectations and Civil Strife  Continued Gains Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—African-Americans

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Current Losses  Race or Social Class?  Racism as an Everyday Burden Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—African-Americans

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Background of Discrimination  World of Striking Contrasts  Reasons for Success Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—Asian-Americans

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Diversity of Groups  From Treaties to Genocide and Population Transfer  The Invisible Minority and Self- Determination Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States—Native Americans

Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  The Immigration Debate  Affirmative Action  Towards a True Multicultural Society Looking Towards the Future