Sociology Race and Inequality

The belief that racism is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and can result in the thought of superiority over another race.

• Ethnic Cleansing
• Racism
• Racist
• Genocide

Segregation means _____________________.

• Inequality

• Minority Status

• Separation

• Proclamation

Race is based on _____________ characteristics, while Ethnicity is based on ____________ characteristics

• cultural, physical
• physical, cultural
• achieved, ascribed
• citizenship, cultural

A group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in a society is that cause unfair treatment

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

A group of people identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics is:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

Widely held negative attitudes towards a group and its individual members is:

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

The action of treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, religion, or culture is:

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

Racism that is built into the structures of society is 

• biased
• discrimination
• institutional racism
• acculturation

individuals who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity.

• minority group

• Ethnic group

• race

• ethnicity

Social construction is a concept that _____. 

• forms the basis for actions like affirmative action
•  is used to scientifically measure social differences based on color
• has no objective reality but rather is what people decide it is 
• refers to quantifiable characteristics of a social phenomenon