Exam 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality

__________ is a system of inequality in which race is the major criterion for rank and rewards.

After taking a social problems class, Josh begins to focus on the institutionalized patterns of discrimination as the sources of the secondary status of minorities because he believes in __________ theories.

Students in lower income neighborhoods attend poorly funded schools, which limits their chances of getting a good education and going on to college. These school districts are overwhelmingly populated by racial minorities and are a big contributor to __________.

As more minorities enter high-status jobs, they are confronted by new forms of discrimination that limit their access to top-level jobs.

Where minority groups have narrowed the gap in educational attainment between themselves and Whites, they have also narrowed the economic differences.

As the United States is becoming a multiracial society, there has been a(n) __________.

Jeremiah is a member of the KKK and frequently engages in acts of overt hostility aimed at racial minorities. He is engaging in __________ racism.

Official government unemployment rates do not account for the nearly __________ million people who work part time or have given up seeking full-time employment.

According to the text, rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a __________.

At least __________ college students are targets of racially motivated assaults each year.

Explain the differences in White and minority income.

There are approximately __________ documented hate groups in the United States according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

What is the difference between health outcomes of Whites and minorities? Explain how these differences are related to institutional and interpersonal racism. Ideal

Those who hold great power in our society are known as the __________ group.

According to the authors of the text, "Racial classification in the United States is based on a Black-White dichotomy." What do they mean by this?

Which present-day group is descended from involuntary migrants to the United States?

The U.S. census started to allow people to identify as members of more than one race in __________.

Which of the following groups has the lowest poverty rate?

Ethnic groups are distinctive partially on the basis of their __________.

"Institutional racism" refers to __________.