Exam 11: Ethnicity and Race

Robin Cohen considers the Chinese diaspora to be which kind of diaspora?

Using examples from the U.S. Census, discuss how race is a social construction. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Hispanics now outnumber blacks in the United States.

What is race? What is ethnicity? Explain the difference between race and ethnicity. Use examples to illustrate your position. Explain in one to two paragraphs.

The ethnic group in the United States that was forcibly removed to "relocation centers" in World War II is:

All diasporas share which key feature?

To what do Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton attribute the continuation of black poverty in the urban ghettos of the United States?

Despite the diversity of forms, Robin Cohen maintains that all diasporas potentially threaten pluralistic host societies.

Did hostility toward blacks exist where slavery had never existed? Were most Northern leaders morally offended by slavery? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Will whites be a minority in the United States by 2044? How does the Census Bureau currently decide the race of mixed-race individuals? Should the U.S. Census count anyone with one non-Hispanic white parent as non-Hispanic white or as a minority? In your answer, discuss the arguments made by Richard Alba. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

MATCHING -Applies to countries that developed as nations of immigrants

Croatia has become a "monoethnic" state because of the racialized policies of mass expulsion during the 1990s. This is an example of:

Which racial-ethnic group has experienced the largest population growth during the past 50 years?

The debate about the economic effect of new immigrants to the United States is best characterized by whether:

Most Americans would agree that education is the key vehicle for economic success. Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between race and educational achievement?

What happened in the immediate years after the formal abolition of slavery?

In one or two paragraphs, explain how residential segregation is a product of racism. Provide examples.

In the colonial model of migration:

The large migration to the United States in the 1880s and 1890s came from:

According to your textbook, which term refers specifically to anyone living in the United States descended from Spanish-speaking regions, including Spain?