SOA 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Institutional Racism, Social Distance, Multinational State
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A socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. Members of u. s. society consider racial differences more important than people of many other countries. People in other societies identify many more categories. Race may be defined differently by various categories of people within a society. People define themselves or others as members of an ethnic category based on. Ethnicity is more complex than race because they identify with several ethnic backgrounds. Any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates. Can be based on race, ethnicity, or both. By 2043, minorities are likely to become a majority in the united states. May be based on physical or cultural traits. Race or ethnicity often serves as a master status that overshadows personal accomplishments. Prejudice - a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.
