SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Chapter 9 Terms
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Personality: compartmentalize, contact theory, discrimination, dominant group, ethnic cleansing, ethnicity (ethnic, ethnic work, genocide, individual. Discrimination: internal colonialism, minority group, multiculturalism (pluralism, population transfer, prejudice, race, racism, reserve labor. The process of being adsorbed into the mainstream culture. Theodor adorno"s term for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors. The idea that prejudice and negative stereotypes decrease and racial-ethnic relations improve when people from different racial-ethnic backgrounds, who are of equal status, interact frequently. An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group. The group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status. A policy of eliminating a population; including forcible expulsion and genocide. Activities designed to discover, enhance, maintain, or transmit an ethnic or racial identity. The annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed race of ethnicity.
