Transcript Race and Ethnic Relations

Happy Tuesday 
 Pick up the vocabulary review
sheet from the front of the room.
Fill out the left column only.
“Unpacking the Invisible
Knapsack”
What does McIntosh mean by
privilege?
Privilege Checklist
 Read through McIntosh’s check list and
consider whether or not you can count on
each of the privileges listed.
 “Yes” answers score 1 point
 “No” answers subtract 1 point
 “Does not apply to me” receives 0
Self Reflection
 Were you surprised by your score, or did it
confirm what you already knew?
 Why is privilege normally invisible and what
does it feel like to make it invisible?
 How do you think this activity would be
different for white students vs. students of
color? For black students vs. Asians, Indian,
Latino/a students, or other students of color?
Race and Ethnicity
Today’s LEQ: What are prejudice,
discrimination, and segregation?
Race
 Historically scholars have placed people into
three groups:
Caucasoids-fair skin and straight or wavy
hair (whites)
2. Mongoloids-yellowish or brownish skin with
distinctive folds on the eyelids (Asians)
3. Negroids-dark skin and tightly curled hair
(blacks)
However, this well known classification system
has difficulty describing the complexity of
race.
1.
 It is difficult to classify people into clear-cut
categories because people often possess the
traits of more than one race.
Examples:
 Southern India-Caucasoid facial features,
dark skin, and straight hair.
 Australia-Aborigines-dark skin and blond
tightly curled hair.
Race defined:
 There are no biologically “pure” races.
 RACE-a category of people who share
inherited physical characteristics and
whom others see as being a distinctive
group.
 Sociologists are concerned with how people
react to these characteristics and how these
reactions affect individuals in society.
Ethnicity
 Ethnicity-set of cultural characteristics
that distinguishes one group from
another.
 Ethnic Group-people who share a
common cultural background and a
common sense of identity.
 Ethnicity is generally based on cultural
characteristics such as national origin,
religion, language, custom, and values.
What’s the difference between race
and ethnicity?
 Ethnicity is based on cultural considerations
 Race is based on physical considerations
Minority Group Defined:
 Minority group is identified as a group of
people who –because of their physical
characteristics or cultural practices-are
singled out and unequally treated.
Complete the Venn
Diagram for Minority,
Race, & Ethnicity.
Discrimination and Prejudice
 Mistakenly, people often use these words
interchangeably.
 Prejudice-an unsupported generalization
about a group of people (minority group).
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Refers to ATTITUDES and/or BELIEFS
 Discrimination-the denial of equal treatment
to individuals based on (minority) group
membership.
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INVOLVES BEHAVIORS or ACTIONS
Racism
Belief (prejudice) one
group =
inferior/superior.
Jane Elliot’s “A Class
Divided” Video.
Complete the Venn
Diagram as you watch.
You will have a writing
prompt after the video.