Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

According to the textbook,why should political initiatives such as employment equity or training courses for professional skills upgrading for foreign trained immigrants be put in place?

Science has come a long way over the last century,so today it's relatively easy to distinguish races based on genetic differences

What do we call the distinctly Canadian pattern of ethnic and racialized stratification?

Organized racist groups like the Heritage Front in Canada target areas hit hardest by economic downturns for recruitment,explaining to people that reason they are experiencing problems is due to Jewish greed and a Zionist plot to take over the world.What are Jews in this example?

When was the policy of multiculturalism proclaimed in Canada?

In what ways can the internal colonialism model be applied to Aboriginal people in Canada? In what ways might this model not fit reality?

Based on the textbook's discussion of race,why might some experts refer to it as "our most dangerous myth?"

Discuss why the textbook calls race and ethnicity "labels."

The Simpsons rent their basement suite out to a young Aboriginal couple and,although the couple seems nice and have good references,the Simpsons worry that they will come home one day to find the tenants have moved out and left the rent unpaid.What are the Simpsons demonstrating?

What do we call people who are viewed as culturally distinct?

Why were Québécois worried about the French-Canadian population declining beginning in the 1970s?

Using an example,describe what a transnational community is.

Which of the following took place in Canada in the nineteenth century?

Steven is a store owner downtown and is convinced that Aboriginal people are thieves.Every time an Aboriginal person comes into his store,he follows them around,finding any excuse he can to kick them out of the store.What is Steven practising?

In the nineteenth century,Dr.Samuel George Morton of Philadelphia was the most distinguished scientist in North America who argued that brain size was unrelated to intelligence.

According to the textbook,how many ethnic groups exist worldwide?

The most populous visible minority in Canada as of 2006 is the Chinese.

What has been the outcome of Canadian-United States differences on the retention of immigrant culture following immigration?

Alisha is studying the process of identity formation among second-generation "immigrants" and is trying to determine which theory will allow her to analyze how people negotiate identity.Which sociological theory would work best for her analysis?

What can be learned through John Lie's story of his changing ethnic identity and the experiences that emerged as a result?