Exam 8: Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

What is it called when members of a minority group adopt the cultural practices of the dominant group?

Racial and ethnic minorities are often portrayed in visual representations as animalistic or subhuman, often as monkeys or chimpanzees. Why might racist imagery so often use animals?

Fashion designer Marjan Peroski received much scrutiny at his first runway show in the United States after he appropriated Native American culture into his designs. Peroski works for London-based fashion line KTZ and even featured pieces closely mimicking those of Bethany Yellowtail, who is a Northern Cheyenne/Crow fashion designer. Peroski claimed that he was paying tribute to the indigenous people, but critics argue that the label has a history of taking inspiration from indigenous cultures and using it for the label's financial interests (selling sweatshirts for $500). Explain the problems of cultural appropriation as evidenced in Peroski's runway show.

How do many people hope that the Internet will have a democratic influence on society?

How does a person's race affect their life chances?

What is it called when individuals live as if they were members of a different racial category than the one into which they were born?

In the early nineteenth century, Native Americans survived clashes with the U.S. Army, but were forcibly removed to reservations. This is an example of

The belief that all Irish are drunks is an example of

Color blindness contributes to racial inequalities because it

Texas has never had a Hispanic governor, and the percentage of Hispanic Americans in Texas state government is low. However, many Hispanic Americans live in Texas. In 2012, they made up nearly 40% of the state's population. Would a sociologist in Texas call Hispanic Americans a minority group?

What is it called when members of the dominant group-whites, in the case of race-believe they are discriminated against because of their race?

How do white ethnics, like Italian Americans and Irish Americans, express their ethnicity in optional ways?

Low-income women of all ethnicities may be LESS likely to marry because they

Why are larger proportions of African American and Hispanic men in prison compared to the proportion of incarcerated white men?

According to the text, a multicultural society is one in which people are encouraged to live peacefully together in political, social, cultural, and economic unity. Which of the following countries is an example of a multicultural society?

The exploitation of a minority group within the dominant group's political borders is called

What must an individual do in order to sound authentically African American when interacting with others online?

In what year did the Supreme Court rule that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional?

What kind of sociologist believes that racial and ethnic identities bind people together and help society run much more efficiently?

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray generated an enormous amount of controversy because it suggested that racial differences in IQ scores were due to genetically driven differences in intelligence. It argued that "both genes and the environment have something to do with racial differences." For those who disagreed, this seemed like a familiar argument because