HDFS 28000 Lecture 9: Institutional discrimination

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Human Dev & Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 28000
• Professor: Franses Elias

Document Summary

Patterns of unequal treatment based on group membership that is built into the institutions and daily operations of society, whether consciously intended or not. A belief system or a set of ideas that asserts that a particular group is inferior and used to legitimate or rationalize the inferior status and treatment of a group. Racism = racial prejudice + systemic, institutional or cultural power. The ability to control or coerce another"s behavior and/or access to social, political, and economic resources. Contact between racial/ethnic groups is important to reducing racial bias. Functionalist racial/ ethnic relations must contribute to the function and stability of society. Power/ economic differences fuel conflict between racial/ethnic groups. Racism is ingrained in power systems in the united states. Does prejudice and racism exist today: racial attitudes and behaviors have changed colorblind ideology, but, prejudice and racism still exist in more subtle forms.