Sociology Ch. 10 VOCAB- Race and Ethnicity

Special consideration and preferential treatment accorded to members of minority groups to remedy past discrimination

• affirmitive action

• discrimination

• prejudice

• colonialism

The incorporation of a minority group into the culture and social life of the dominant group so that the minority eventually disappears as a separate, identifiable unit

• assimilation

• colonialism

• accomodation

• symibiate

The economic takeover of one nation by another, more powerful nation, and the subsequent political and social domination of the native population

• colonialism

• assimilation

• invasionism

• colloquialism

Racial separation that results from unofficial social patterns

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• jury segregation

• ethic segregation

Segregation imposed by law

• de jure segregation

• de facto segregation

• desperado segregation

• a la mode segregation

Exclusion or exploitation on the basis of group membership. While sometimes intentional, discrimination may also be institutional-that is caused as a by-product of the regular operation of social institutions which affect groups unequally

• discrimination

• racism

• ethnic cleansing

• holocaust

A category of people who perceive themselves and are perceived by others as possessing shared cultural traits.

• ethnic group

• racial subculture

• integrational party

• pluralism

The unimpeded interaction and contact between different racial and ethnic groups. This is sometimes termed social integration to distinguish it from functional integration.

• integration

• assimilation

• accomodation

• pluralism

People who are singled out for unequal treatment in the society in which they live and who consider themselves to be victims of collective discrimination

• minority groups

• majority groups

• dominant race

• ethnic group

An approach to life in a pluralistic society which calls for finding ways for people to understand and interact with one another that do not depend on their sameness, but rather on respect for their differences. This view differs from other forms of pluralism in its emphasis on interaction and equality among groups.

• multiculturalism

• manyculturalism

• miniculturalism

• racism