SOC 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Herbert Blumer, Wealth Inequality In The United States
Document Summary
Income + wealth disparities are persistent across racial groups. Graduation rates show differences in racial + ethnicity groups as well. Stereotypes: inaccurate generalizations about groups; overgeneralizations that go beyond existing evidence or exaggerate conditions. Prejudice: negative attitudes about members of groups based on stereotypes; rigidly held attitudes about members of groups based on stereotypes. Herbert blumer: prejudice expresses a sense of belonging , reinforcing membership by asserting dominance, rationalizes privilege. Members of subordinate group can also be prejudiced, but it does not have the same effect. Does not mean people don"t work hard or deserve good things, lack of privilege means when people who work equally hard, membership in different social categories can mean there is unequal access. Discrimination: unequal treatment of people determined by their membership in a group.
