Exam 8: Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

According to the Data Workshop "Does TV Reflect the Realities of Race?," minorities had over twice as many lead roles in the 2014-2015 season as they did in the 2011-2012 season.

Halloween costume makers and retailers make generous profits from selling costumes that allow their wearers to be Indian princesses or gypsies. What are they engaging in by profiting from the stereotypical display of marginalized groups without fully understanding and appreciating the culture?

Race is defined by sociologists

In the early 1900s, native-born Americans, usually Protestants, did NOT consider Irish, Italian, or Jewish immigrants to be white. What does this illustrate?

Marco is a fourth-generation Mexican American. Both his grandparents and parents were born in the United States. Neither he nor his parents have learned Spanish and he does not often think of his heritage. Most of his friends do not think of him as Hispanic or Latino. However, on Cinco de Mayo, Marco likes to go out and celebrate by eating Mexican food and wearing a sombrero. Marco's relationship with his ethnicity can be described as

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama argued that racial prejudice is one of America's defining social problems. He was implicitly acknowledging that

What is one reason that interracial relationships are still relatively uncommon even though anti-miscegenation laws have been struck down?

The goal of affirmative action is to

One of the origins of the Syrian civil war has been determined to be

White nationalism is the belief that a nation should be based on white identity, which would be found in religion, politics, economics, and culture.

People in society who have the most privilege usually recognize that their advantages are unearned.

Microaggressions consist of overt or obvious verbal, but not nonverbal, communications that are meant to denigrate or dismiss members of particular groups.

Many immigrants to the United States have gotten in trouble for keeping livestock in urban areas, especially chickens, goats, and pigs. Their neighbors feel it is acceptable to own a 150-pound mastiff, but "unsanitary" to have a 50-pound goat that provides milk. In this case, what is driving racism?

After the American Civil War, most southern states passed laws that barred blacks and whites from sharing most kinds of public facilities. This is an example of

White privilege is the idea that one group in society enjoys certain unearned privileges and that group members are

There is greater genetic diversity within racial populations than between them.

In 2015, tech giant Google announced a $150 million plan to get more women and minorities into the tech field. What program did Google likely utilize to accomplish this goal?

What is racial passing? Why would someone try to pass?

An example of prejudice is

What metaphor best describes cultures that have embraced pluralism or multiculturalism?