Module Eleven: Race and Ethnicity

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Across
  1. 5. a group of people who have more power in a society than any of the subordinate groups
  2. 6. suggests that the dominant group will displace its unfocused aggression onto a subordinate group
  3. 11. theory that suggests we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes
  4. 13. the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group
  5. 15. when real estate agents direct prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race
  6. 19. the benefits people receive simply by being part of the dominant group
  7. 20. the stereotype applied to a minority group that is seen as reaching higher educational, professional, and socioeconomic levels without protest against the majority establishment
  8. 21. when a dominant group forces a subordinate group to leave a certain area or even the country
Down
  1. 1. the school of thought that race is not biologically identifiable
  2. 2. represented by the ideal of the United States as a “salad bowl:” a mixture of different cultures where each culture retains its own identity and yet adds to the “flavor” of the whole
  3. 3. a group of people who have less power than the dominant group
  4. 4. oversimplified ideas about groups of people
  5. 7. shared culture, which may include heritage, language, religion, and more
  6. 8. prejudiced action against a group of people
  7. 9. the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture
  8. 10. the deliberate annihilation of a targeted (usually subordinate) group
  9. 12. the theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture
  10. 14. a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that are used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to others
  11. 16. biased thought based on flawed assumptions about a group of people
  12. 17. the physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions
  13. 18. any group of people who are singled out from the others for differential and unequal treatment