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The concept "race" refers to: | Race is a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. |
| A Minority is a category of people, distinguishable by physical or cultural traits, that are socially disadvantaged. |
What are the characteristics of being a minority? Are Minorities always disadvantaged? | The characteristics of being a minority are; a) the ability to distinguish them by a physical of cultural trait, and b) the way that society sets them apart and subordinates them. |
What term is used to describe a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people? | Prejudice is a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people. |
| Scapegoat theory claims that prejudice results from frustration among people who are disadvantaged. |
| Conflict Theory states that prejudice is a tool used by the powerful to divide and control the population. |
Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that: | Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that discrimination is built into the operation of societal institutions, including schools, hospitals, police and the work place. |
| Pluralism is a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have rough social equality. |
| Assimilation refers to a pattern by which minorities gradually adopt the patterns of the dominant race. |
| W.A.S.P. stands for White Angelo Saxon Protestants. |
| Chinese and Japanese Americans have a median income above the national average. |
| Chinese Americans are the largest group of Asian Americans living in the U.S.. |
| Most of todays immigrants come from Latin America and Asia, with Mexicans, Asian Indians and Chinese coming in the largest numbers. |
| The economy is a social institution through which society produces, distributes and consumes goods and services. |
| Post-Industrial Technology is a concept that refers to an economy based on service work and computer technology. |