Module 7. Our Divisions

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. explain the implications of culture on social power and hierarchies
  2. summarize the mechanisms used by dominant groups to develop and sustain power
  3. understand cultural hegemony
  4. identify and evaluate prejudice and discrimination
  5. discuss types of racism and exploitation

 

KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS

Acculturation
Affective Form
Assimilation
Authoritarian personality
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Form
Color Blindness
Conative Dimension
Critical Race Theory (CRT)
Cultural Fit
Cultural Hegemony
Cultural Power
Cultural Relativism
Discrimination
Ethnocentrism
Eurocentrism
Fallacies
Ideological Racism
In-group
Individual Discrimination
Institutional Discrimination
Out-group
Overcategorize
Prejudice
Racial Prejudice
Racial Privilege
Racism
Reference Group
Scientific Racism
Social Location
Socialization
Socioeconomic Status
Stereotypes
Symbolic interactionism
White Supremacy

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