Exam 12: Race and Ethnicity

What is selective perception?

While President Obama signed an Executive Order allowing work permits to unauthorized immigrants who meet certain qualification, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the states' right to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest.

When Bosnian Serbs practiced ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the 1990s, they employed a combination of ________.

Since the 1960's Native Americans have won a series of legal victories giving them control over reservation lands. During that time they have opened businesses ranging from fishing canneries to industrial parks that serve metropolitan areas. More recently the business endeavor that has attracted the most attention is the __________ business.

Prejudice describes ________ while discrimination describes ________.

How does prejudice qualify as being functional for society?

What are the similarities and differences between a quadroon and an octoroon?

Who developed the theory of prejudice that addressed frustration levels and scapegoats?

Predatory lending took a particularly hard hit on African Americans increasing monthly payments for their home mortgages, which caused many to lose their homes when the economic crisis hit.

The term "melting pot" is the most appropriate analogy to classify Americans based on the fascination Americans have with their ethnic roots.

Discuss the arguments presented by liberals and conservatives regarding affirmative action. Is there a trend towards eliminating affirmative action? Why or why not?

________ refers to seeing certain features of a situation while ignoring others, and the use of labels to group individual members as if they were all alike.

Identify and describe the six major patterns of minority and dominant group relations.

Why does William Julius Wilson believe that class, and not race, is the determining characteristic for African Americans being accepted by the dominant culture?

Based on the textbook, what are two ways a group becomes a minority?

What is "Cablinasian"? What are some of the unique racial classifications that have officially been used by the U.S. Census Bureau? Why have some of these terms been abandoned? What will be the likely future of the Cablinasians?

People who are prejudiced against one racial or ethnic group tend to be prejudiced against other groups.

For the last five years, Sarah has been trying to recover her ethnic heritage by tracing her family line. This attempt to trace her family line is an example of ________.

How can someone practicing genocide maintain an image of being a good and moral person?

Jews are most accurately classified as an ethnic group because they share more cultural characteristics than biological ones.