Exam 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality

In reference to the total population, minorities represent a __________ share of the U.S. population.

The group most likely to be without health coverage is __________.

Hurricane Katrina left thousands of racial minorities stranded in central city New Orleans without an adequate evacuation plan or emergency response. This social disaster highlights __________.

Whereas cultural deficiency models blame inequality on the cultural values of the majority group, bias theories blame inequality on the minority groups' own prejudice and racism.

The U.S. census has always allowed people to identify themselves as belonging to more than one racial class.

At least __________ hate crime(s) occur(s) on a college campus every day.

Gains in __________ are resulting in narrowing the gap between White and Black families.

Overt acts by individuals that harm members of another race are called __________.

Institutional racism refers to overt acts of racism by individuals that harm other individuals or their personal property.

?? Bill, a conflict theorist, believes that __________ theories, which focus blame on the prejudiced attitudes of majority members for the secondary status of minorities, are the best way to explain racial stratification.

Though not popular anymore, for years scientists spent time trying to validate __________ theories by looking at things like IQ and other intelligence tests.

A minority may have more political power than the majority.

The __________, proposed by Omi and Winant, suggests that the United States is organized along racial lines from top to bottom.

Which groups in society are most disadvantaged with regard to education? Discuss why this phenomenon exists. What are the long-term implications of this gap? Ideal

"Biological deficiency" theories posit that __________.

__________ is the socio-historical process by which races are continually being shaped and transformed.

The Latino/a experience is uniformly the same for all.

Rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a(n) __________.

Martin was a British officer in India in the early 1900s. The British in India made up a tiny fraction of the overall population but held nearly all of the power. Thus, Martin was a part of the __________ group.

Hispanics have the highest level of high school completion among minority populations.