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Human diversity
- A. Race and racism
- B. Ethnicity and ethnocentrism
- C. Racial domination
- D. Minority adaptations to racial domination
- E. Types of discrimination
- F. Causes of Discrimination:
- G. Types of segregation
- H. What are some of strategies to combat racial discrimination?
- I. What is the most desirable racial relations?
- J. What are current racial issues?
- K. Social work roles related to diversity
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Racial domination
- 1. Prejudice
- 2. Discrimination
- 3. Segregation
- 4. Extermination
- 5. Concentration camp
- 6. Expulsion
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Minority adaptations to racial domination
- Acceptance
- Aggression
- Avoidance
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Types of discrimination
- Individual
- Small group
- Institutionalized discrimination
- Reverse discrimination
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Causes of Discrimination:
- Fear of sheer number
- Social distance
- Competition over political power and economic resources
- Status consciousness
- Countering inferiority insecurity
- History
- Socialization, etc
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Types of segregation
- housing
- geographical segregation
- cultural segregation
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What are some of strategies to combat racial discrimination?
- Contract - greater interaction
- Education - human relations program
- Propaganda - mass media appeal
- Legal measures - civil rights law (1964), affirmative action, school busing, etc.
- Activism - direct confrontation, confronting racist remarks and actions
- Therapy, etc
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What is the most desirable racial relations?
- Anglo conformity
- The melting pot
- Cultural pluralism / multiculturalism
- Biculturalism
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What are current racial issues?
- Multiculturalism
- Immigration
- Affirmative action
- Separatism or integration
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Social work roles related to diversity
- Social and economic justice for all
- Social stability - mutual trust and support, unity and oneness (social capital building)
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