SOCL 2001 Lecture : Lecture 15
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Race and ethnicity: pretty child/ bully exercise. Stereotype: generalization applied to every person in a particular category. Ethnicity: a socially defined set of people who share a common ancestry or cultural heritage e. g. , the amish. Minority: distinguished by physical or cultural difference, that a society subordinates: this is not always limited to a mathematical minority (even though they may be greater in numbers, they do not have access to the same resources/ opportunities) Prejudice: unfair generalization about an entire category of people (positive or negative) It is a decision that you make about a person based on the preconceived notion that you have. Social distance scale: emory bogardus, to measure prejudice, empirically measure people"s willingness to participate in social contact with minorities. College students today: greater social acceptance than ever before, we see less difference between minority members, terrorist attacks reduced the acceptance of arabs and muslims.
