Sociology / Unit 7 Soc 1050 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Symbolic Interactionism on Race and Ethnicity
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The idea
Interactionists study how racial categories are learned and confirmed through everyday contact, arguing that racial prejudice forms inside a dominant group's own interactions.
In practice
A person who has never met a member of a group can still hold firm beliefs about them, built entirely from media images.
Where people slip
The claim is about how belief forms, not about whether any particular belief is accurate.
Your place on the trail
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