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invisible vs. visible identities invisible ex. gay/straight visible ex. gender, race The Isms racism, elitism/classism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, handicapism Herbert Spencer popularized social darwinism •Survival of the fittest •Believed that helping lower class interfered with the natural process of selection in which society improves over time William Graham Sumner Sumner popularized social Darwinism in the U.S. •Combined Spencer's thoughts, laissez-fair economics, and the Protestant work ethic •Nature rewards those who are most fit •Government interventions can upset nature's balance Structural-Functionalist Conflict theorists Attribution Theory Defense mechanisms Blaming the victim Just world belief effects of social injustice oppression, dehumanization, and victimization Acculturation Minorities adopt attitudes, values, and norms of the dominant culture. They retain some behavior and social patterns from their own cultural or ethnic group Assimilation Minority group integrates into dominant group. Persons from minority group become less distinguishable from the other members of the group. Accommodation Stable coexistence Rejection Minorities hold on to their ethnic or culture characteristics and reject the dominant culture Marginality Minority group wants to be accepted but it is not accepted by the dominant group. critical theory critical theory and empowerment critical race theory standpoint theory