A social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to the dominant group of a society. (It is not the amount of people that put them in this group, it is their access to power and resources)

The group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social class

(A thought process) An attitude or view on a particular group, usually in a negative way

(An action) An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group

The negative treatment of one person by another, on the basis of that person's preconceived characteristics

Negative treatment of a minority group that is built into society's institutions. (Racism does not reside in any one person but is in the fabric of the social structure)

An individual or group unfairly blamed for another person's or group's actions/ problems

A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group over others

A category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distinct group. (It is a social construct/social stratification)

Set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another

This is an ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact a person's everyday life

Refers to the unearned resources that are not in broad view or intended to be seen. (Things in life that you did not earn but were given or born with)

Societal privileges that benefit white people in western countries beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances

A situation in which people lack the resources to satisfy the basic needs no person should be without. Is usually expressed as a living condition that falls below a certain threshold or minimum

Diverse groups of families and individuals residing in the inner city who are on the fringes of the American occupational system and as a result are in the most disadvantaged position of the economic hierarchy

A system that empowers and provides privileges to some categories of people, while hindering other categories of people

Redistribution of money collected through taxes to groups that provide monetary public assistance

Transfer of goods and services rather than cash

The emergent and/or purposeful categorization of people and groups which are used to establish and/or reinforce differences in relative social worth

Is based on both birth and individual achievement.

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Is social stratification that is based purely on personal merit

An extreme form of forced segregation in which a dominant group uses force and intimidation to remove people of a targeted racial or ethnic group from a geographic area

The calculated and systematic destruction of a targeted racial or ethnic group, the end goal is for the targeted racial or ethnic group to no longer exist

Family in poverty - Child grows up in poverty - Is significantly disadvantaged in education and skills - Struggles to get a job - Fails to escape poverty - Restarts the cycle

The dominant group expels the minority group from a society or geographic location

The oppression of one ethnic group over another ethnic group through the use of structural political and economic forces

The dominant group structures the social institutions to maintain minimal contact with the minority group

This is where the dominant group forces the minority group to lose their culture, ideas, and lifestyle and replace it with the dominant group's culture, ideas, and lifestyle