Exam 8: Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Classical Marxist analysis often argued that everything is ultimately determined by the economy, even though, sometimes, it is through many complicated steps. Can economic factors explain racism?

How do sociologists define race and ethnicity?

A person who is not prejudiced may still participate in discrimination.

________ is an action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of an individual because of their membership in a racial or ethnic group.

Why is the traditional image of the melting pot replaced with the image of the salad bowl in regard to pluralism or multiculturalism?

________ occur(s) when minority group members are prejudiced against themselves or their own group.

What explanation does functionalism have for prejudice and discrimination today?

The "Jim Crow" laws, which mandated separate facilities for whites and blacks, were an example of

Explain the difference between racial assimilation and cultural assimilation.

What is the real source of racism according to conflict theory?

What would a sociologist call the belief that members of one racial group are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than members of another racial group?

In the novel The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a professor at a college in the Northeast is forced into early retirement after he is accused of racism. The charge turns out to be ironic when the reader learns that the professor has a secret. The professor was born to African American parents and has been covering up his heritage and living as a white man his whole adult life. Of what is this an example?

What historical event is sometimes referred to as the "forgotten genocide"?

________ is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another.

Understanding that racism in the United States created and maintains inequality is characteristic of

Regarding racial categories, modern science has determined that

Brazilians have many other racial categories including moreno, mulato, neguinho, and pretinho. Most of these terms do not have an equivalent in the United States. What does this tell you?

The fact that so many people are asked, "What are you?" in reference to their race is evidence that

The current demographics of California challenge the way the term "minority" has been used in the past because

The fact that immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America tended to be shorter than native-born Americans was taken as evidence that there were inherent racial differences between these populations. However, the immigrants had children who grew up to be as tall as anyone else. Geneticists now understand that, although there can be considerable variation in height within a group due to genetics, height differences between groups are largely caused by diet. What does this demonstrate?