SOCI 1311 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Current Lecture I Prejudice II Discrimination III Racism Individual personal vs Institutional structural IV Majority Minority Relations V Assimilation VI Extermination Subjugation Cultural Pluralism Two Way Street Stages of Assimilation Acculturation Cultural Structural Marital Cultural Authenticity Symbolic Ethnicity Current Lecture I II III IV Prejudice pre conceived judgments about a group of people that use rigid stereotypes ignores difference among members of a group Discrimination unequal treatment of individuals groups in society because of their group membership Racism one racial group is inherently superior inferior to another Individual vs Institutional Individual the negative beliefs of an individual about a group of people Institutional racism is a part of the American social ladder and is built into everyday life Majority Minority Relations Extermination dominant group kills minority group Subjugation majority group controls the life chance opportunities of minority group The group in power has control over the law Cultural Pluralism various racial ethnic groups can co exist in peace V Assimilation the process by which minority groups lose their distinct culture identity become part of majority group These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Two Way Street in order for a group to assimilate the majority group must welcome the minority Minority groups must also want access to majority group VI Stages of Assimilation Acculturation minority is looking at the new culture They are learning about what that culture is like Cultural We start to trade our homeland culture for American culture Structural Members of minority group can participate in mainstream America Marital marry someone out of our background Jewish Christian Cultural Authenticity Olive Garden is not authentic Italian food Symbolic Ethnicity on major events holidays people will pay attention to their ethnic backgrounds