Chapter 5 Vocab Flashcards

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The racial identity of people who alter their identity as they move between black and white social settings.

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Protean

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Protean is the _____ common identity in a study of college students with one black and one white parent.

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Least

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3
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The racial identity of people who consider themselves to be either black or white.

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Singular identity

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4
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Singular identity is the _____ common identity in a study of college students with one black and one white parent.

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Second

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5
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The identity of people who rejected the concept of race and insisted on being seen as unique individuals.

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Transcendent Identity

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6
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Transcendent identity is the _______ common identity in the study of college students with one black and one white parent

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Third

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7
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The urban lower classes consisting largely of African Americans and other minority groups of color which have been more or less permanently barred from the mainstream economy and the primary labor market

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Urban underclass

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An important tactic used during the civil rights movement in the South to defeat de jure segregation

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Nonviolent direct action

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9
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Fatalism

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The view that one’s fate is beyond one’s control

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10
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A theory asserting that poverty causes certain personality traits - such as the need for instant gratification - which in turn perpetuate poverty

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Culture of Poverty Theory

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11
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The effort of African Americans in the 1950’s and 1960’s to win the rights they were entitled under the constitution

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Civil rights movement

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12
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The racial identity of people who consider themselves mixed race rather than black or white.

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Border Identity (most common)

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13
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A coalition of African American groups that rose to prominence in the 1960’s . Some central themes of the movement were black nationalism, autonomy for African American communities and pride in race and African heritage

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Black power movement

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