SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Thomas Theorem, Endogamy, Minority Group

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: La Torre Aurelie

Document Summary

Group of people who share set of characteristics, typically physical ones, and are said to share common bloodline: shapes (height, size, lip size) and colors (black, white) Race & 4 myths: 1 = pure races. Distinct types of human characteristics and possible to separate them very clearly from one another: 2= fixed # races. Thomas theorem = if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences. Voluntary, self-defined, fluid and based on cultural, not physical differences: ethnicity different from race in these ways, can have multiple ethnicities. 6 race categories in us census: white, black, african-american, indian-american / alaska native, asian. 6: hawaiian or pacific islander, some other race. How does a group turn into a minority group: migration. Voluntary (mexican in the us) (fit traits of minority group) Involuntary (slaves brought to usa: expansion of political boundaries. Italy conquers libya and tribes then become minority groups.