Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

______________ is blatant and may take the form of public statements about the "inferiority" of members of a racial or ethnic group.

Describe how the African American experience in the United States has been unique when compared with other groups.

According to the text,Native Americans have been the victims of all of the following EXCEPT:

A football coach is happy to work with African American players,but feels that white fans will accept only a certain percentage of people of color on the team,thus affecting his hiring practices.According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination,this coach is a(n):

______________ is a killing carried out by a group of vigilantes seeking revenge for an actual or imagined crime by the victim.

Discuss discrimination and distinguish between individual and institutional discrimination.

Apply the functionalist perspective on race and ethnic relations.

Today,sociologists emphasize that race is a socially constructed reality,not a biological one.From this approach,the social significance that people accord to race is more significant than any biological differences that might exist among people who are placed in arbitrary categories.

The split-labor market theory refers to the division of the economy into two areas of employment,a privatization sector or upper tier,composed of higher-paid (usually subordinate group)workers in more secure jobs,and a tertiary sector or lower tier,composed of lower-paid (often superordinate group)workers in jobs with little security and hazardous working conditions.

A small group of white students deface a professor's office with racist epithets;however,their actions are not supported by other students or members of the faculty.According to sociologist Joe Feagin,these students' behavior illustrates______________discrimination.

In the contact hypothesis,symbolic interactionists point out that contact between people from divergent groups should lead to favorable attitudes and behavior when certain factors such as having equal status and pursuing the same goals are present.

When Puerto Rico became a possession of the United States in 1917,Puerto Ricans acquired U.S.citizenship and the right to move freely to and from the mainland.

Define the following terms: prejudice,stereotypes,and racism.

From a sociological perspective,______________is a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial and ethnic groups.

A prejudiced judge gives harsher sentences to all African American defendants,even though he is not supported by the judicial system in his actions.According to sociologist Joe Feagin,this illustrates______________discrimination.

Currently,about______________million Native Americans live in the United States.

______________ is a term used to refer to the most privileged group in this country.

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

According to the text,the experiences of internally colonized groups are unique in three ways.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Class perspectives emphasize the role of the capitalist class in racial exploitation.Sociologist Oliver Cox suggested that African Americans were enslaved because: