1. 1 Race & Ethnicity

2. 2 “Scientific” racial types are misleading n No society contains biologically “pure” people n All racial categories are genetically very much alike n Skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark

3. 3 Race & Ethnicity n Race = biologically transmitted traits n Ethnicity = culture –Can be changed (E.g. Russian to American)

4. 4 Geographical theory of race n Physical differences - e.g. skin color relates to temperature and other geographical conditions

5. 5 Characteristics of minorities n Distinctive physical or cultural traits n Socially disadvantaged

6. 6 Prejudice vs discrimination n Prejudice = attitudes n Discrimination = behavior n Institutional discrimination –Bias built into the operation of today’s institutions

7. 7 Stereotypes n Exaggerated descriptions applied to everyone in some category

8. 8 Theories of prejudice n Scapegoat theory n Cultural theory

9. 9 Scapegoat theory n Links prejudice to frustration and disadvantaged status n Unfairly blame others for their troubles

10. 10 Cultural theory of prejudice n Emory Borgardus (research on social distance) n Prejudice expressed by people well adjusted to a “culture of prejudice”.

11. 11 Majority & minority: Patterns of interaction n Pluralism - Social parity n Assimilation –Adoption of the English n Segregation - separation n Genocide –Annihilation of one category

12. 12 Today’s immigrants n Asia n Latin America

13. 13 Xenophobia n Fear of what is strange