Chapter+11-+Race+and+Ethnicity

__ Prejudice __ - a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people -We usually generalize stalkers to be creepy and weird people, but Rose, Charlie’s stalker, ends up being a very friendly lady who tends to be quite helpful. __ Scapegoat __ - a person or category of people, typically with little power, whom other people unfairly blame for their own troubles -Charlie always blames Alan for his troubles because Alan has less power than Charlie. Charlie says Jake can stay but threatens to kick out Alan because he always creates problem. __ Discrimination __ - unequal treatment of various categories of people -Charlie obviously discriminates against women, which is a category of people. He treats them unfairly and to his own liking.

__ Stereotype: __ a simplified description applied to every person in some category - Charlie is stereotyped as a womanizer and player, because he treats females unfairly and he sleeps around quite often. __ Assimilation: __ the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture - Alan is a minority to his mother and Charlie, because he is of a lower social and economic status. __ Ethnicity: __ a shared cultural heritage - Charlie and Alan share mostly the same cultural beliefs, they received their mindsets and beliefs from their mother. 