Exam 10: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

______________occurs when members of subordinate racial or ethnic groups gain acceptance in everyday social interaction with members of the dominant group, but do not necessarily make close friends or intermarry.

The term ______________is used for people and groups that are blamed for societal problems (such as unemployment or an economic recession) over which they have no control.

Which group has the highest rate of infant mortality?

Sociologists emphasize that race ______________________.

Explain split-labor-market theory in relation to unequal racial and ethnic relations within the United States.

______________occurs when members of a racial or ethnic group are conquered and forcibly placed under the economic and political control of the dominant group in a particular society.

Explain the key assumptions of conflict perspectives on racial and ethnic relations. Discuss at least two specific examples of approaches associated with conflict theory.

Sociologists would term whites in the United States with Northern European ancestry (often referred to as Euro- Americans, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, or WASPs) the ___________.

Inequalitarian pluralism describes a situation in which specific ethnic groups are set apart from the dominant group and have unequal access to power and privilege. This pattern is also referred to as______________ .

Switzerland has been described as a model of______________ ; more than six million people with French, German, and Italian cultural heritages peacefully coexist there.

______________typically starts in large, impersonal settings such as schools and workplaces, and only later (if at all) results in close friendships and intermarriage.

Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Americans identifying as more than one race on the Census increased by __________.

______________refers to the division of the economy into two areas of employment: a primary sector or upper tier, composed of higher-paid (usually dominant-group) workers in more secure jobs, and a secondary sector or lower tier, composed of lower-paid (often subordinate-group) workers in jobs with little security and hazardous working conditions.

The term ethnicity refers to ____________.

The terms Latino and Latina are used interchangeably with the label______________ .

Latino/a or Hispanic is a racial designation.

Although the United States has claimed Puerto Rico as a territory since 1917, Puerto Ricans are not considered citizens of the United States.

______________is still prevalent in many U.S. cities, where owners, landlords, real estate agents, and apartment managers often use informal mechanisms to maintain their properties for "whites only."

What is internal colonialism, and which groups in the United States have experienced internal colonialism?

According to Adorno, the ______________is most likely to develop in a family environment in which dominating parents who are anxious about status use physical discipline but show very little love in raising their children.