Ethnicity Assimilation Environmental Racism Stereotype Dominant Group

1. 9.3 Chapter 9
Reality
Connection
Emily Keefe

2. Ethnicity
– a set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes
one group from another group

3. Assimilation
– the blending of culturally distinct groups into a
single group with a common culture and identity

4. Environmental Racism
– racial bias in environmental policies and practices

5. Stereotype
– an oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable
generalization about a category of people

6. Dominant Group
– a group that possesses the ability to discriminate
by virtue of their greater power, privilege, and
social status in a society

7. Sources
LaVerne, T. (n.d.). Sociology Chapter 9: Racial and Ethnic
Relations. Retrieved from Holt McDougal:
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