SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Scapegoating, Indian Act, The Stereotypes
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Sy101 chapter 8 from the book inequality of race and ethnicity. Race: myth and reality: race (concept) a group with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group (reality) Ethnic groups: ethnicity and ethnic apply to cultural characteristics refer to people who identify with one another on the basis of common ancestry and cultural heritage. From clothing, food, and language, to religious practices and holidays. Some people have a greater sense of ethnicity than others. Minority groups and dominant groups: minority group (louis wirth 1945), people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination. Physical (racial) or cultural (ethnic) differences can serve as the basis of the unequal treatment: dominant group refers to those who do the discriminating not as the majority but rather the dominant group. Since they have greater power, prestige, and social status.
