STUDY GUIDE A&T Ch 1 & 2

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CMTY 111 – RACE IN AMERICA – QUIZ 1

American Ethnicity, Aguirre & Turner, Ch 1-2;

Why are all the black kids….’ B. Tatum, Ch. 1-2 

 

 

UNDERSTAND KEY CONCEPTS:

 

[See also vocabulary at the end of each chapter in American Ethnicity,

and the outline on B. Tatum book available on this homepage]

 

Definitions of “ethnicity” and “race” ?  (Aguirre & Turner; Tatum)

 

Racism: “systematic advantage & disadvantage” (Tatum, pp. 7-10)

 

Discrimination

Ethnic/racial discrimination                                       

Ethnic/racial prejudice (both books)

Ethnic subpopulations

Dominant subpopulation(s)

Subordinate subpopulation(s)

Domination & subordination (Tatum pp 23-28)

Internalized oppression (Tatum, pp 6, 26)

meritocracy  (Tatum, 9, 103 & check dictionary)

Minority groups

 

“minorities”( Tatum p15 )

“people of color” (Tatum p 15)

racial identity development (Tatum, p16 & Chap 2)                                                         

Biological theories of race                                    

Apartheid (South Africa) 

Individual/Isolated discrimination

Institutional discrimination

 

Active Racism/Passive Racism (Tatum) 

and “active bigots”/”timid bigots” (Aguirre & Turner

Cultural racism (Tatum, p 6)                                 

 “prejudice plus power” (Tatum, p 7)

Mythical norm (Tatum, p 22)

American meritocracy (Tatum, p. 9)

Egalitarianism vs Individualism (Am Eth Chap 2)

 

Types of discrimination

1 Genocide

2 Segregation

3 Exclusion

4 Selective inclusion

5 Abusive practices

  •     Racial profiling

  •     Harrassment   

 

Adaptation to discrimination

Resistance to discrimination (notes)  

Passive Acceptance            

Assimilation                                                               

Cultural/structural assimilation

Marginal participation

Withdrawal or Self-Segregation

Rebellion or revolt

Organized Protest 

Labeling

Social stratification          

Ethnic stratification                                                          

Pluralism 

Assimilation                                                               

Cultural / structural assimilation                                                                   I

Identifiability                

Resource shares (of ethnic groups)

Overrepresented

Underrepresented                                                        

Robert Merton - types of bigotry

 

Power & stratification theories to explain ethnic stratification

Colonialism

External Colonialism/ Internal Colonialism                                

Middleman minority theories

Split Labor Market theory

Split Class Theory

ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY, QUESTIONS & MODELS

Scientific Racism:   ideology that humans are divided into superior and inferior races that are inherently different in their biological makeup

Biological determinism (related to Scientific Racism):  Notion that shared behavioral norms, social & economic differences between human groups (races, classes, ethnic group, genders) are based on inherited, inborn distinctions… If this were true, we could say that society is an accurate reflection of biology, and that “discrimination” is not important in leading to social inequalities.

Systematic Racism (B.Tatum):  A system of social advantage based on idea of racial difference.  In U.S., the white population has been systematically advantaged based on institutional practices (laws, policies, etc) and cultural messages (for example, the Anglo-Saxon “norm” and stereotypes of other groups as deficient or defective).

TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION: 

--Genocide, Segregation, Exclusion, Selective inclusion, Abusive practices

SPECIFIC FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION (denying access to resources):

Economic discrimination; Occupational discrimination; Employment discrimination; Housing discrimination; Educational discrimination; Political discrimination  

American Ethnicity

 “GENERAL MODEL OF ETHNIC RELATIONS”

What contributes to a “sense of threat”? 

Why is this particular issue so important in the theory?

(Aguirre & Turner’s model, CHAP 2,  American Ethnicity)