Inequality in Race & Ethnicity

race

• the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

• people sharing certain inherited physical characeristics that are considered important within a society.

• the blending or fusing of a minority group into the dominant society

• group identified by cultural, national, or religious characteristics

ethnic minority

• the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

• people sharing certain inherited physical characeristics that are considered important within a society.

• the blending or fusing of a minority group into the dominant society

• group identified by cultural, national, or religious characteristics

assimilation

• the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

• people sharing certain inherited physical characeristics that are considered important within a society.

• the blending or fusing of a minority group into the dominant society

• group identified by cultural, national, or religious characteristics

cultural pluralism

• the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

• people sharing certain inherited physical characeristics that are considered important within a society.

• the blending or fusing of a minority group into the dominant society

• group identified by cultural, national, or religious characteristics

racism

• a labeling of a group based on distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified images of that group

• a criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice

• an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others

• unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and that are a part of the structure of society

institutionalized discrimination

• a labeling of a group based on distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified images of that group

• a criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice

• an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others

• unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and that are a part of the structure of society

stereotyping

• a labeling of a group based on distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified images of that group

• a criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice

• an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others

• unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and that are a part of the structure of society

hate crime

• a labeling of a group based on distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified images of that group

• a criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice

• an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others

• unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and that are a part of the structure of society