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Symbolic Interactionism on Race and Ethnicity

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Interactionists study how racial categories are learned and confirmed through everyday contact, arguing that racial prejudice forms inside a dominant group's own interactions.

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A person who has never met a member of a group can still hold firm beliefs about them, built entirely from media images.

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The claim is about how belief forms, not about whether any particular belief is accurate.