SOCI 1000 Lecture 5: Terms
29 Nov 2016
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Culture of poverty thesis: holds that some ethnic groups do not readily assimilate and hence are poor because their cultures do not value economic success, hard work, and achievement. Discrimination: refers to practices that deny members of particular groups equal access to to societal rewards. Institutional racism: refers to discriminatory racial practices built into the political, economic and educational systems. New racism: a theory that suggests that it is natural for groups to form bounded communities. One group is neither better nor worse than another, but feelings of antagonism will arise if outsiders are admitted into a group. Normative theory of ethnic and racial prejudices: focus on the way in which prejudices are transmitted through socialization and the social circumstances that encourage discriminatory behaviour. Points system: used by canadian government to select independent immigrants. Applicants are awarded points for various attributes that the canadian government deems important in determining an immigrant"s potential economic contribution to.
