Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Symbolic Interactionism, Minority Group, Critical Race Theory
16 Sep 2018
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Despite impressive strides, remain at higher risk for illness and die younger than the. 1 in 4 ears less than ,00 per hour. Race and ethnicity: a race is a category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society deem socially significant. Race is a significant concept chiefly because most people consider it to be such: ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage. Races may also be analyzed as ethnic categories in many cases: a racial or ethnic minority is a category of people. Distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged. Discrimination and racism: discrimination refers to a negative action toward members of a specific social group. Institutional discrimination occurs when a person acts on discrimination guidelines of an institution (such as an employer. : racism refers to the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another.
