American Ethnic Studies

Definitions
-Stereotypes
-Culture
-Ethnicity
-Nationality
-Race
-Minority
-Class
-Prejudice

Stereotype:
When you cant prove it, its a stereotype. When you can prove it, it isn't a stereotype.
Fixed and overly simplified but widely held, beliefs about individual, based on perceived group membership.
Not based on fact

Culture:

Traditions and beliefs
How you treat other people with respect
Good behavior
Value expectations
All about groups
Manifest by your behavior
Artifacts
“A set of shared ideas about the nature of reality, the nature of right and wrong, evaluation of what is good and desirable versus the bad and undesirable.” -Laurel Richardson and Verta Taylor
People are socialized- taught the rules, roles and relationships of he social world we inherit.

Ethnicity:

Cultural group you belong to (sense of identity one has based on a common cultural heritage)
Nationally, often refers to “Hispanic”/Non Hispanic

Race:

Social Construction
Not real
Biological, geographic determined
Real

Mongoloid
Asians
Pacific Islanders
Native American
Smallest eyes
Dark brown eyes
Almond/Slanted eyes
Shortest/Petite
straighter hair yellow/olive skin
Flat nose smallest feet roundest face (very little cheek bones) med lips smallest genitals

Caucasoid

Hispanics
Europeans
Lighter eyes
Medium height thinnest hair fairest skin narrow nose thinnest lips med genitals

Negroid

Africans
Darkest eyes
Bug-eyed
Tallest
Curliest hair darkest skin wider nose biggest feet thickest lips biggest genitals

If race is real:
Same genetic trait
No one else has that genetic trait except for member of that “race”
RACISM IS REAL but race is not real

Nationality:

“Where are you from”
Country of citizenship:
By birth or naturalization
For most students in the class now its mostly americans
Can say “African American,” “European American” etc.. but without a hypen (denotes equal status)

Minority:

Population
Whites smaller population in south africa, but held the power
More women in