African American Vocabulary Sociology Chapter 10 Vocabulary Tools A B black codes state laws designed to keep Blacks in subservient positions cultural drift gradual change in values, customs, beliefs of members of a society cumulative causation Myrdal's circle process where prejudice and discrimination "cause" each other de facto segregation unequal and differential treatment entrenched in social customs de jure segregation unequal and differential treatment established by law feminization of poverty female-headed households living in poverty institutionalized racism laws legitimize diferential treatment Jim Crow Laws Southern segregation laws covering use of al public facilities redlining unwillingness of banks to make loans to lower-income minority groups functional theory sociological perspective emphasizing societal order and stability conflict theory sociological perspective emphasizing comnlict as an important influence of life interactionist theory sociological perspective emphasizing shared interpretations in everyday life prejudice system of negative beliefs, feelings, and actions regarding certain groups of people discrimination differential and unequal treatment of groups of people along racial, religious, or ethnic lines racism false linkage between biology and sociocultural behavior to assert the superiority of a race