Introduction to Sociology (Ch. 10 Race and Ethnicity)

The view that members of a group share a fundamental, inherited, innate, and fixed quality or characteristic

This method of racial classification defined any individual with any African ancestry as black

A system for classifying people who are believed to share common descent, based on perceived cultural similarities

A system for classifying people who are believed to share common descent, based on perceived innate physical similarities

A social phenomenon that was invented by individuals and is shaped by the social forces present in the time and place of its creation

The process by which immigrants come to be incorporated into their new society by taking on the cultural taste and practices of the new society

One who holds the view that social categories such as race or gender are social creations, not biological facts

Prejudice against individuals who are members or particular racial or ethnic groups

Negative beliefs or attitudes held about entire groups based on subjective, selective, or inaccurate information

A simplified and often negative generalization about a group that is often false or exaggerated

Any behavior, practice, or policy that harms or excludes individuals on the basis of their group membership

The deliberate and systematic killing of a category of people

The intentional action carried out by an individual or small group that is meant to harm, exclude, or disadvantaged members of a certain group

Occurs when the actions or policies of organizations or social institutions exclude, disadvantage, or harm members of a particular group

Government policies regarding employment and education that seek to increase the representation of minorities and women in the field from which they have historically been excluded