Sociology Ch. 9 Vocabulary

a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups

• race

• genocide

• ethnicity (and ethnic)

• minority group

the annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed race or ethnicity

• race

• genocide

• ethnicity (and ethnic)

• minority group

having distinctive cultural characteristics

• race

• genocide

• ethnicity (and ethnic)

• minority group

people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination

• race

• genocide

• ethnicity (and ethnic)

• minority group

the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status

• dominant group

• ethnic work

• discrimination

• racism

activities designed to discover, enhance, maintain, or transmit an ethnic or racial identity

• dominant group

• ethnic work

• discrimination

• racism

an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group

• dominant group

• ethnic work

• discrimination

• racism

prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race

• dominant group

• ethnic work

• discrimination

• racism

an attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way

• prejudice

• contact theory

• individual discrimination

• institutional discrimination

the idea that prejudice and negative stereotypes decrease and racial–ethnic relations improve when people from different racial–ethnic backgrounds, who are of equal status, interact frequently

• prejudice

• contact theory

• individual discrimination

• institutional discrimination