Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture I. StratificationII. Views of InequalityIII. Standards of EqualityIV. Forms of StratificationV. Ideal Types of StratificationOutline of Current Lecture VI. Stratification and RaceVII. Racial Hierarchy VIII. How Race Matters: Case of WealthIX. Race and EthinicityX. Minority-Majority Group RelationsCurrent LectureXI. Stratification and Racea. Race is a social constructioni. imposed by external auidence and internalized by indi-viduals as part of their self-identity1. ideologicalSOC 100 1st Edition2. legal3. practicea. creates racial hierarchyXII.Racial Hierarchya. people of colori. disproportionately singled out for disadvantages based on their raceb. privileges of being whitei. whiteness sets the standard for “normal”ii. often taken for grantedXIII. How Race Matters: Case of Wealtha. weath gap exists between whites and minority groups in America has historical roots and that cannot be overcome simply through income equalityi. Housing Discriminationii. Redlining1. practice of denying or charging more for services such as banking, insurance, or jobs to people liv-ing in a particular areaXIV. Race and EthnicityThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is besta. Racei. imposed on physical differencesii. hierachical iii. exclusive: pick one raceb. Ethnicity i. voluntaryii. self-definediii. non-hierarchicaliv. fluid and multiplev. culturalXV. Minority - Majority Group Relationsa. assimilation: “The Melting Pot”i. straight-line assimilationii. primordidlism: the persistence of ethnic tiesb. Pluralism: “The Pressure Cooker”i. assimilation is not always easyii. several distinct ethnic and racial groups with
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