SOCI 341 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ethnic Succession Theory, Antisemitism, Cultural Assimilation
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Acculturation/ cultural assimilation: the process in which one group learns the culture of another. Americanization: a type of assimilation in which groups are pressured to conform to anglo american culture. Assimilation: process in which separate groups come to share a common culture and merge together socially. Anti- semitism: is prejudice or ideological racism directed speci cally towards. Capital intensive: technology replaces hand labor with machine laborlarge amounts of capital are required to develop, purchase, and maintain the machines. Cultural pluralism: groups have not acculturated or integrated and each maintains a distance identity. Culture: includes all aspects of the way of life a group of people, including beliefs, values, technologies, and many other components. Enclave minority group: establishes its own neighborhood and relies on a set of interconnected businesses for economic survival. Ethclass: a group formed by the intersection of social class and ethnic racial group.
