CH. 9: RACE AND ETHNICITY

INTRODUCTION

• In1930S,The U.S Public Health Service told 399
• African American men that if they joined "Miss Rivers' Lodge"
• for free, they would receive a lifetime of free physical examinations
• at Tuskegee University. However, after an initial physical exam the men
• were not told that they had syphilis.

INTRODUCTION CONT.

• For the forty years that this experiment ensued these men
• were not treated and many died.

RACE: MYTH AND REALITY

• As humans spread throughout the world, their adaptations to diverse climates
• and other living conditions resulted in a profusion of complexions,
• hair textures and colors, eye hues, and other physical variations.
• Race- a group of people with inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from another group.
• Myth about race: 1- the idea that any race is superior to others.

RACE: MYTH AND REALITY CONT.

• genocide- the attempt to destroy a group of people because of their presumed race or identity
• Myth about race: 2- the idea that a "pure" race exists.
• Biologists and anthropologists cannot decide how many races there are.

ETHNIC GROUPS

• Ethnicity or ethnic- refers to cultural characteristics, more specifically, they
• Refer to people who identify with one another on the basis of common
• ancestry and cultural heritage.

MINORITY GROUPS AND DOMINANT GROUPS

• Minority group- people who are singled out for unequal treatment
• and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.
• Common conditions shared by minorities: their physical or cultural traits
• are held in low esteem by the dominant group and they tend to marry
• Within their own group.

MINORITY GROUPS AND ETHNIC GROUPS CONT.

• Dominant group- those who discriminate among others because they have
• the greater power, privileges, and social status.
• A group becomes a minority in two ways:
• One : thought expansion of political boundaries is when a group expands political
• boundaries and minority groups are produced if it incorporates people with

HOW A GROUP BECOMES A MINORITY CONT.

• different cultures and discriminates against them
• Two : by migration

HOW PEOPLE CONTRUST THEIR ETHNIC RACIAL IDENTITY

• Some people have a greater sense of ethnicity than others
• Some people have firm boundaries between "us and them"
• while others are vaguely aware of their ethnic origins.
• If a group is relatively small and looks different than most
• people in society and the object of discrimination is brought up they have a

HOW PEOPLE CONTRAST THEIR ETHNIC RACIAL IDENTITY CONT.

• heightened sense of ethnic identity.
• In contrast, if you belong to the dominant group most
• people in society feel no discrimination they have a low sense of ethnic identity.
• Ethnicity: Is a way people construct their identity
• Melting pot is a reference about the US in which many groups are blended into ethnic stew