SOCIOL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Boston Globe, Captive Market, San People

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 110
• Professor: Paul Knudson

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Race - a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. The one-drop rule - racial categories tightened after the civil war. If you had one drop of african american, you were considered black. First prohibition of inter-racial marriage - maryland (1664) Inter-racial coupling would complicate the social-racial hierarchy - threaten white power structure. Inter-racial marriage was banned in most southern states until 1967. Ethnicity - a shared cultural heritage based on ancestry, language, and religion. Race as a modern concept was invented as a social characteristic when european explorers began exploring the world in the 16th century. Early human migration originated from the bushmen/san people. Minority - any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural differences that a society sets apart and subordinates. Minority groups, though lacking power are not all necessarily disadvantaged (ex: indians or.