Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Andy is assigned an exercise in his sociology class whereby he records the ethnic backgrounds of his five closest friends and then asks his parents and grandparents to do the same.He discovers that not one of them lists a single non-white friend.According to the textbook,what can this likely be attributed to?

What do we call the belief that one social group is superior to another on the basis of some visible characteristic and that inferiority of a group justifies unequal treatment.

According to the textbook,what is the outcome of social structural barriers to assimilation?

Nation X has an ideology that supports an official policy of "live and let live," whereby immigrants are encouraged to maintain their cultural heritage and to integrate it with elements of Nation X.What is this type of ideology called?

The book title,the "Two Solitudes," is also a term said to characterize the relations between the British and the French in Canada.

A multicultural ideology dominates the Canadian cultural landscape,while a melting-pot ideology is dominant in the United States.Despite these differences,the integration patterns of immigrants in the two countries are more or less the same.

Explain what internal colonialism is and how it works.

Most immigrants to Canada in 2009 were drawn from which of the following places?

Which social processes was Dr.Samuel George Morton's research on brain size and race used to justify?

Assimilation is a nostalgic allegiance to the culture of the immigrant generation,or that of the old country-a love for and a pride in a tradition that can be felt without having to be incorporated in everyday behaviour.

What is the broad notion contained in the quote by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre "the anti-Semite creates the Jew"?

When low-wage workers of one race and high-wage workers of another race compete for the same jobs,high-wage workers are likely to resent the presence of low-wage competitors and conflict is bound to result.This situation is called a "split labour market."

According to the textbook,which two ethnicities protect people born abroad the most from lower income compared to Canadian-born people?

Farzad lives in a nation where almost 100 percent of people indicated on a survey that they have no trouble with the idea of having someone from a different race as a neighbour.Where is he most likely living?

Seth and Naomi were born in Canada but they make sure to host a monthly gathering at the Jewish Community Centre for the older people in their community,most of which were born outside of Canada and survived the Holocaust.Which of the following advantages of ethnic affiliation is their gathering consistent with?

Gino owns a small grocery store in Little Italy.His store is always busy because he is able to import specialty foods,newspapers,books,and DVDs from the homeland.In this situation,what is Gino?

According to the textbook,what is responsible for the relative financial success of Jews and Koreans in Canada?

What do we call the co-existence of a variety of ethnic groups,each of whom retain their own cultural heritage within one society,where all groups have relatively equitable access to resources?

Discuss to what extent some ethnic groups in Canada may become "transnational communities," and what this could imply for their future?

Judging by the figure in the textbook regarding immigrants' place of birth,what can be concluded in comparing immigration before 1961 and in 2009?