Racial Formation in the United States Glossary

by Michael Omi, Howard Winant

Racial Formation in the United States Glossary

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Deconstruct

To analyze a source or text by dealing with segments or concepts individually

Ethnocentrism

Judging another culture through the lens of one's own different culture

Formation

The creation/development/genesis/emergence of something

Mainstream

Something that is widely accepted and adopted

Marginalization

Making one group of people less important/not valuing them as much

Provacative

Something that causes annoyance and evokes a reactions (usually negative)

Racism

Prejudice based on skin color and race

Sociology

The study of human society and the people that live in it

Paradigm

A model of something

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