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Lecture 7 Race and Ethnicity
Lecture 7 Race and Ethnicity
Angie Andriot
Lecture 7
Last Time,
We:
What is social class?
Sociological models of
social class
Consequences of social
class
Social mobility
Poverty
Race
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RACE
A group of people with
inherited physical
characteristics that
distinguish it from another
group
Based on perceived biological differences
Irish
Ethnicity is more easily achieved, while
Scottish
race is typically ascribed
German
Jewish
Ethnic
Identity
Strength of identification influenced by:
Relative size
Power
Appearance
Discrimination
Ethnic work – the
way people
construct their
ethnicity