Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Special education classes were originally intended to provide extra educational opportunities for children with various types of disabilities.Some critics claim that these programs have amounted to racial segregation in many school districts.According to sociologist Joe Feagin,these policies illustrate______________discrimination.

The caste perspective views racial and ethnic inequality as a permanent feature of U.S.society.The caste system was strengthened by______________laws,which prohibited sexual intercourse or marriage between persons of different races.

Discuss the symbolic interactionist perspectives on race and ethnic relations.

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 referred to as:

According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, are not personally prejudiced and do not discriminate against others.

Describe sociologist Robert Merton's typology of the relationship between prejudice and discrimination and provide examples of each.

Apply the conflict perspective on race and ethnic relations.

The killing of thousands of Native Americans by white settlers in North America and the extermination of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany illustrates a policy called:

______________ assimilation involves a change in racial or ethnic self-identification on the part of an individual.

______________ is a set of attitudes,beliefs,and practices that is used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group.

According to sociologist Joe Feagin,indirect institutionalized discrimination takes place when a prejudiced judge may give harsher sentences to all African American defendants but may not be supported by the judicial system in that action.

______________ is often hidden from sight and more difficult to prove.

All of the following sports team names are examples of stereotypes EXCEPT the:

______________ refers to the interactive effect of racism and sexism on the exploitation of women of color.

An authoritarian personality is most likely to develop in a family environment in which________________________________________________________________________________________________________________parents who are anxious about status use physical discipline but show very little love in raising their children.

Segregation may be enforced by law.______________segregation refers to laws that systematically enforced the physical and social separation of African Americans in all areas of public life.

______________ segregation refers to racial separation and inequality enforced by custom,and it may be difficult to document.

Describe the ways that language can be used to perpetuate racial and ethnic stereotypes of Native Americans.

Many groups share elements of the mainstream culture while remaining culturally distinct from both the dominant group and other social and ethnic groups.______________is the coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society.

The______________states that people who are disappointed in their efforts to achieve a highly desired goal will respond with a pattern of assertiveness toward others.