Exam 11: Ethnicity And Race

The percentage of African Americans in the U.S.population is close to 47%.

Which category has the highest median household income?

The unemployment rate of black and Hispanic men has shrunk since the 1960s,so it is now about the same as the unemployment rate for white men.

Sociologists use the phrase "racial literacy" to refer to the fact that:

The 1964 Civil Rights Act:

Which of the following is NOT true regarding countries with the guest worker model of migration?

Beatrice's mother is Choctaw (Native American),and her father is Puerto Rican and African American.At school,Beatrice refers to herself as African American and speaks English,and most of her school friends are also African American.After school,Beatrice goes to the American Indian Cultural center to learn Choctaw and to spend time with her American Indian friends.At home,Beatrice practices her Spanish with her father and her Choctaw with her maternal grandmother.Beatrice is practicing:

The percentage of black and Hispanic congresspersons is equal to their percentage in the population.

Both individual racism and institutional racism seem to be declining in the United States,and the differences between white and nonwhite ethnic groups are now almost non-existent.

The National Immigration forum has estimated that immigrant workers contribute significantly to the national economy.They estimate that the dollar amount of gross domestic product without them would be less by approximately:

A situation in which ethnic cultures have a distinct and separate existence whereas their members participate in the economic and political life of the larger society is known as:

Behavior that disqualifies members of one group from opportunities available to others is:

Why is race ultimately an unrealistic and impractical concept? Why is it nonetheless a persistent way of categorizing people? Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of the SOCIOLOGICAL approach to these issues.

The first large wave of immigrants to the United States from the time of independence until the 1880s was mostly from:

Amy Chua's seminal piece World on fire: How Exporting free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability argues that small ethnic minority groups often have more power than larger,poorer ethnic groups and that many times ethnic tension is a result of:

Describe the history of immigration to the United States.Compare and contrast the experiences of at least two different immigrant groups.

Racial distinctions are not merely abstract categories; according to the text,"they are also important factors in the reproduction of patterns of power and inequality within society." Explain this statement and cite specific historic and contemporary examples of these patterns of power and inequality.