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Report-TRC.pdf Course Description: This course is an introduction to the sociological study of race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity are pervasive structures that impact our everyday lives, from microinteractions to institutional practices and policies. While everyone has a commonsense understanding of race and
- Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
- Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Theories of Race and Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relationships
- Race and Ethnicity in The United States
- Key Terms
While many students first entering a sociology classroom are accustomed to conflating the terms “race,” “ethnicity,” and “minority group,” these three terms have distinct meanings for sociologists. The idea of race refers to superficial physical differences that a particular society considers significant, while ethnicity describes shared culture. A...
The terms stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. Let us explore the differences between these concepts. Stereotypes are oversimplified generalizations about groups of people. Stereotypes can be based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation—almost any characteristic. The...
Theoretical Perspectives
We can examine issues of race and ethnicity through three major sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. As you read through these theories, ask yourself which one makes the most sense and why. Do we need more than one theory to explain racism, prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination?
Culture of Prejudice
Culture of prejudice refers to the theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture. We grow up surrounded by images of stereotypes and casual expressions of racism and prejudice. Consider the casually racist imagery on grocery store shelves or the stereotypes that fill popular movies and advertisements. It is easy to see how someone living in the Northeastern United States, who may know no Mexican Americans personally, might gain a stereotyped impression from such sources as Speedy Gonzalez...
Intergroup relations (relationships between different groups of people) range along a spectrum between tolerance and intolerance. The most tolerant form of intergroup relations is pluralism, in which no distinction is made between minority and majority groups, but instead, there’s equal standing. At the other end of the continuum are amalgamations,...
When colonists came to the New World, they found a land that did not need “discovering” since it was already occupied. While the first wave of immigrants came from Western Europe, eventually the bulk of people entering North America was from Northern Europe, then Eastern Europe, then Latin America, and Asia. And let us not forget the forced immigra...
amalgamation—the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group assimilation—the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture colorism—the belief that one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group culture of prejudice—the the...
l approaches to ethnicity. critically discuss the historical racialization of Indigenous people and vi. Canada. Chapter Summary“Race” is a term that reflects beliefs about biological superiority and inferiority and was first applied to humans in the context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century E.
11.1. Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups. Define the difference between the concepts of race, ethnicity, minority group and subaltern group. Understand the concepts of racialization and racialized groups. Explain the difference between race and ancestry in the contemporary context of genomic research. 11.2.
Theoretical Perspectives. Issues of inequality and discrimination based on race and ethnicity can be observed through the paradigms of positivism, critical sociology and interpretive sociology. As discussed throughout this textbook, the choice of perspective affects the type of analysis sociologists can provide.
Aug 12, 2024 · This page titled Sociology of Race and Ethnicity is shared under a license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by . lulu@Sociology of Race and Ethnicity@Jennifer Ounjian@Contra Costa College@Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. With an eye on social justice and intersectionality, the text provides an analysis of the history, demographics, and ...
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a range of theories about race and ethnic relations, racism, and processes of racialisation and domination (Bonilla-Silva, 1997; Essed and Goldberg, 2002; Miles, 1993). This expansion of race and ethnic studies as a field of research has taken place both in sociology and related social science disciplines as well as in the humanities.
