Racism: Majority and Minority Identity Development

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Racism Majority and Minority Identity Development

• Social Psychology

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I. Definition

• Racism Discrimination power
• Discussion Question How do people w/ racist
  beliefs have power?
• Racism is the routine, institutionalized
  mistreatment of a person based onhis/her
  membership in a group on the downside of power.

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II. Effects of Racism

• Economic--keep demands for higher wages better
  working conditions down.
• Social--segregation, leading to ignorance
  between groups of people.
• Political--fragmentation, which leads to the
  impairment of acting in unison for the better
  good.
• Personal--ignorance fear leads to limitations
  in personal choice personal growth.

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III. Group formation

• Two groups form with any type of discrimination
• Majority the larger group or the group with
  more power
• Minority the smaller group or the group with
  less power

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IV. Minority Identity Development Model

• PRE-ENCOUNTER STAGE
• programmed to think of the world as non-minority
  or anti-minority
• act in ways that devalue their minority
  development
• Ex forceful / violent demonstration of power (
  Black Power movement)
• ENCOUNTER STAGE
• gain awareness of being a minority
• begin to validate themselves in terms of minority
  identity.

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• C. IMMERSION STAGE
• reject all non-minority values
• fully immerse themselves in minority culture
• Ex only associate w/ other minorities and
  support other minorities.
• D. INTERNALIZATION STAGE
• develop a secure and self-confident minority
  identity
• comfortable expressing preferences and interests
  for experiences from non-minority cultures
• Ex Step away from exclusive minority groups and
  embrace all groups

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V. Majority Identity Development Model

• PRE-EXPOSURE STAGE
• Little thought to multicultural issues role as
  a majority group member in a racist and
  oppressive society.
• Ex never considered the issues minority groups
  face or dont consider it a problem

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• B. EXPOSURE STAGE
• confronted with the realities of racism
  prejudice
• forced to examine own role as a majority group
  member
• Anger and guilt arise.
• Anger due to feeling convinced society was
  accepting
• Guilt due to naivety and membership in racist
  society

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• C. ZEALOT-DEFENSIVE STAGE One of two reactions
• 1. Become active in minority causes
• Reacting to guilt
• Ex reading literature or joining groups that
  promote minority causes
• 2. Become defensive of majority view
• Attempt to connect with majority for support
• Ex that minority group is overreacting, they
  already get too much or are paid too much
  attention to
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• D. INTEGRATION STAGE
• overly strong feelings of the Zealot-   Defensive
  Stage subside
• more balanced view takes its place
• deeper appreciation of one's own culture
• secure, self-confident identity
• appreciation of other cultures

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Allophilia
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Allports Scale

• Antilocution (hate speech)
• Avoidance
• Discrimination
• Physical Attack
• Extermination