Racial RealitiesRace A group who share a set of characteristics (usually physical) and are said to share a common bloodline All humans—99.9% genetically identical A social construct, changing over time Racism Belief that separate races possess different and unequal human traits Many historical efforts to explain race were biased due to ethnocentrism Prejudice Negative thoughts and feelings about an ethnic or racial group Discrimination Harmful or negative acts against people deemed inferior based on race Merton’s Typology !Symbolic Ethnicity Individualistic in nature, without real social cost Racialization Formation of a new racial identity in which new ideological boundaries of difference are drawn around a formerly unnoticed group of people Muslim is not a race Most Arabs are not Muslims Most Arab-Americans are Christians Whites Socially constructed Depends on historical period White Privilege Assumption White=neutral, normal “Invisible” set of advantages enjoyed by whites Modern white supremacists embrace research on white achievements, but don’t acknowledge privilege. Income Non Discriminator DiscriminatorNon-PrejudicedAll Weather LiberalReluctant LiberalPrejudicedTimid BigotAll Weather BigotRacial RealitiesEducational Attainment by Race Most Asian migrants come for
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