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| The deprivation of some people in relationship to those who have more. |
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| Structural Social Mobility |
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| A shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to changes in society than to individual efforts. |
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| The economic system characterized by each person voluntarily giving to society according to his/her ability and recieving from society according to his/her need- after the government has withered away. |
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| A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. |
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| INTRAgenerational Mobility |
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| A change in social position occurring during a person's lifetime. |
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| INTERgenerational Mobility |
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| Upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents. |
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| $ Earnings from word or investments. $ |
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| Social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement. |
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| A group's realization of their oppression jjust before they unite and ultimately bring about a REVOLUTION. |
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| Socioeconomic Status (SES) |
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| A composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality. |
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Unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern. (The hidden, not so obvious purpose something serves in society.)
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| The belief that everything in the system is okay and that we deserve what we get because that is what our religion, politics, parents, and everyone else in society tells us. So, we don't challenge the system. |
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| A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing. |
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| Policy which allows organizations to set gials and timetables related to increasing diversity in order to address lack of equal opportunity that remains as a result of historical and present discrimination. |
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| Someone who isn't prejudice but discriminates anyway. |
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| Someone who is prejudiced but DOES NOT discriminate. |
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Institutional Prejudice
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| Bias built into the operation of society's institutions. |
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| The balanced, healthy combination of feminine and masculine characteristics. |
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| Marriage between people of different social categories |
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| The sharing of a household by an unmarried couple. |
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| A rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people. |
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