Notes:
CONFLICT THEORY
highlights that the social norm has favored white European men, who compose a majority of the bourgeoisie
proletariat, on the other hand, was largely composed of people of color as well as poor white people
the social and economic intersections with race have and still affect people of color disproportionately.
would argue that behaviors and ideologies such as racism and xenophobia are learned through observed behaviors from peers, role models, and general norms held within different communities
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM THEORY
As a social concept, race has historically been taught to be biological and distinctly different among people in DNA and other factors. However, this is false and continues to be taught directly and indirectly through learned and observed behaviors. Individual experiences can affect how people understand social norms, and these experiences account for racial and ethnic discrimination biases.
STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM THEORY
viewed society as comprising many systems that function together to meet moral, economic, and social stability. Systems include many institutions, such as religious organizations, governments, and education systems.
would view different racial groups and ethnic identities as social functions that uphold order through empathetic understanding between groups and total separation of groups into individual communities under singular identifying factors.
could tie in racism and an ethnocentric view to believe that the collapse of individual racial and ethnic communities, or the intermixing of racial and ethnic groups, could lead to the larger instability of the society.