PART 2: Identity & Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
- explain the influence of culture on collective and self-identity
- discuss how personal, social, and cultural identities shape perceptions
- illustrate the relationship between social labels and categories on status and stratification
- evaluate the intersectionality of race and other forms of identity
- assess the impact of technological advances and innovation on identity
- understand the connection between identity and the reproduction of inequality
- explain the implications of culture on social power and hierarchies
- summarize the mechanisms used by dominant groups to develop and sustain power
- understand cultural hegemony
- identify and evaluate prejudice and discrimination
- discuss types of racism
KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS
Acculturation
Assimilation
Affinity Groups
Code-switching
Cognitive Dissonance
Code-switching
Cognitive Dissonance
Color Blindness
Collective Identity
Critical Race Theory (CRT)
Cultural Capital
Cultural Change
Cultural Change
Cultural Fit
Cultural Generalities
Cultural Generalities
Cultural Hegemony
Cultural Patterns
Cultural Patterns
Cultural Power
Cultural Relativism
Cultural Traits
Cultural Universal
Cultural Traits
Cultural Universal
Defensive Othering
Discrimination
Ethnocentrism
Eurocentrism
Fallacies
Gatekeepers
Global Electronic Cultural Communities
Globalization
Group Dynamics
Heterogenization
Homogenization
Hustling
Ideal Culture
Identity
Implicit Othering
Global Electronic Cultural Communities
Globalization
Group Dynamics
Heterogenization
Homogenization
Hustling
Ideal Culture
Identity
Implicit Othering
Ideological Racism
Intersectionality
Looking Glass Self
Model Minority
Model Minority
Othering
Prejudice
Racism
Socialization
Stereotypes
Subcultures
Transnationals
White Supremacy
