{"id":184,"date":"2016-04-30T04:11:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T04:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=184"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:28:35","slug":"introduction-to-race-ethnicity-and-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/introduction-to-race-ethnicity-and-discrimination\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, and Discrimination","rendered":"Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, and Discrimination"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: define and differentiate between race, ethnicity, majority\/minority groups, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6229\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-6229\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2034\/2016\/04\/08203651\/800px-Black_Lives_Matter_Protest.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters are holding signs that read &quot;Demilitarize the police&quot;, &quot;Black lives matter&quot; and &quot;Our generation, our choice&quot;. The photo is shown in sepia tones. \" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" \/> <strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. The Black Lives Matters movement started gaining attention in 2013 for its resistance and activism protesting police brutality and racial discrimination against Black people. (Photo courtesy of Johnny Silvercloud\/Wikimedia Commons)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn this section,\u00a0we will focus on understanding race and ethnicity and\u00a0the distinctions between commonly confused words like prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: define and differentiate between race, ethnicity, majority\/minority groups, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6229\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6229\" class=\"wp-image-6229\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2034\/2016\/04\/08203651\/800px-Black_Lives_Matter_Protest.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters are holding signs that read &quot;Demilitarize the police&quot;, &quot;Black lives matter&quot; and &quot;Our generation, our choice&quot;. The photo is shown in sepia tones.\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. The Black Lives Matters movement started gaining attention in 2013 for its resistance and activism protesting police brutality and racial discrimination against Black people. (Photo courtesy of Johnny Silvercloud\/Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this section,\u00a0we will focus on understanding race and ethnicity and\u00a0the distinctions between commonly confused words like prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-184\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Revision, Modification, and Original Content. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Introduction. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Cathy Matresse and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. 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