FSN 510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Stratification, White Privilege, Carnivalesque
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; the way that we conform as a society. Reliance on ingrained, customary ways of seeing and acting. Internalized image: agreement with the established, prevailing or dominant way of doing things; internalized image; gradually constructed over time through the family, friends, media, church, schools, legal system and other institutions. Ideological or normal behaviour: supports, reinforces, endorses, demonstrates the dominant ideology; seems normal, natural. Idiosyncratic behaviour: forms of conduct peculiar to an individual; minor deviations from normal behaviour; distinguish the individual as unique, "quirks: neurotic/psychotic behaviour: forms of conduct indicative of mental pathology; "i can"t fit in, Institutional racism: forms of discrimination are built into legalized, everyday institutions such as education, medical, financial, laws, etc. Individual racism :prejudiced individual internalize and image of themselves (ideology) as superior to a stereotype of another group: white skin privilege: the assumption of rights or privileges for oneself because of the colour of one"s skin.