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What is a characteristic of modern forms of racism?
What is a characteristic of modern forms of racism?
What is the term used to describe the everyday, subtle forms of discrimination?
What is the term used to describe the everyday, subtle forms of discrimination?
What is the purpose of the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?
What is the purpose of the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?
Why are interracial interactions often challenging?
Why are interracial interactions often challenging?
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What is a term used to describe the ambivalence between people's sincerely fair-minded attitudes and their unconscious, prejudicial feelings?
What is a term used to describe the ambivalence between people's sincerely fair-minded attitudes and their unconscious, prejudicial feelings?
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What is the primary difference between old-fashioned racism and modern racism?
What is the primary difference between old-fashioned racism and modern racism?
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What is the primary characteristic of stereotypes?
What is the primary characteristic of stereotypes?
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What is the primary difference between prejudice and discrimination?
What is the primary difference between prejudice and discrimination?
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What is the primary characteristic of sexism?
What is the primary characteristic of sexism?
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What is the primary characteristic of racism at an institutional and cultural level?
What is the primary characteristic of racism at an institutional and cultural level?
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Study Notes
Racism, Sexism, Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Racism: Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's racial background, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one racial group over another.
- Sexism: Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender or as institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one gender (typically men) over another (typically women).
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Stereotypes: Beliefs or associations that link whole groups of people with certain traits or characteristics.
- Prejudice: Negative feelings about others because of their connection to a social group.
- Discrimination: Behaviors - specifically, negative behaviors directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group.
- Stereotypes concern associations or beliefs, prejudice concerns feelings, and discrimination concerns behaviors.
Old-Fashioned and Modern Racism
- Old-fashioned racism: Blatant, explicit, and unmistakable.
- Modern racism: A subtle form of prejudice that tends to surface when it is safe, socially acceptable, or easy to rationalize.
- Modern racism often operates unconsciously or outside people's conscious awareness.
Aversive Racism and Microaggressions
- Aversive racism: The ambivalence between individuals' sincerely fair-minded attitudes and beliefs, on the one hand, and their largely unconscious and unrecognized prejudicial feelings and beliefs, on the other hand.
- Microaggressions: Everyday, typically subtle but hurtful forms of discrimination that are experienced quite frequently by members of targeted groups.
Implicit Racism and the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
- Implicit racism: Racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally.
- The Implicit Association Test (IAT): A subtle, indirect measure to detect implicit racism by observing the speed of identifying something good after seeing a black face versus a white face.
- Implicit racism correlates with a variety of attitudes and behaviors.
Challenges in Interracial Interactions
- Divides between racial and ethnic groups tend to be more vast and may promote stronger feelings of hostility, fear, and distrust than the divide based on other social categories (e.g., gender, appearance, and age).
- Interracial interactions are often challenging and fraught with emotion and tension.
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This quiz covers the concepts of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, including definitions of racism and sexism, and their effects on individuals and society.
