SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Peggy Mcintosh, Glass Ceiling, Reverse Discrimination

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: silva

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Experiences by all minority groups (gender, sexuality, etc. ) Example: fake resume study those whose names sounded african american. White privilege checklist, peggy mcintosh received fewer callbacks than others. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and group that result from the normal operations of a society. *** many resent these programs citing reverse discrimination. Genocide the systematic attempt to kill all members of a particular ethnic, religious, political, racial, or national group. Segregation: the physical and social separation of dominant and minority groups (forces and self- segregation) Assimilation: the process of conforming to the culture of the dominant group. Pluralism: minority groups exist separately but enjoy access to resources across all institutions. Examples: colonist"s" treatment of american indians, holocaust. All groups retaining own culture but having equal standing. The only group brought to the u. s. involuntarily. Highest rates of poverty, heart disease, suicide, alcoholism, diabetes. About 68% of the u. s. population has european background.