Exam 7: Race and Ethnicity

Internal colonialism involves processes of expulsion or conquest.

What is ethnicity for most Irish Canadians?

According to research, what really matters in determining the economic success of an ethnic or racial group?

Which of the following involves people in one country gaining virtually complete control over other people in the same country, and seeking to destroy their culture?

When we compare the incomes of white Canadians with the Canadian-born children of non-white immigrants, what do we see?

Define race and ethnicity and distinguish the two terms from each other.

Why is it extremely difficult to distinguish groups on the basis of so-called race?

Prior to the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, the movement of black South Africans was restricted by the notorious pass laws. These laws required black South Africans, but not South Africans of European heritage, to carry identity papers at all times, and made it illegal for South African blacks to be in a wide range of restricted areas unless they could prove they worked in those areas. Which of the following is the most accurate term to describe the relation between the two ethnic groups in South Africa before 1994?

At various points in history, people of Irish, Jewish, and southern Italian descent were referred to as "black." What does this demonstrate?

Based on its focus, split labour market theory is a variant of which major perspective?

Explain how Canada has emerged from a society based on conquest, expulsion, slavery, and segregation to one based on segregation, pluralism, and assimilation.

In the post-Quiet Revolution period, Québécois governments implemented initiatives, such as active state interventions in non-francophone institutions and compulsory French language training. Which of the following was the primary goal of these initiatives?

What best describes John A. Macdonald's plan for Canada's Aboriginal people?

In Canada, the passage of the Indian Act, the establishment of the reserve system, and the creation of residential schools were more of an attempt to obliterate than to assimilate Aboriginal people.

The split labour market theory focuses on the social-structural barriers to assimilation.

According to the text, who have been the main victims of internal colonialism in Canada?

Define John Porter's concept of Canada as a "vertical mosaic."

One's ethnicity can sometimes be advantageous emotionally but not economically or politically.

What term is used for a socially defined category of people with physical markers perceived as socially significant?

What form of internal colonialism did the Québécois experience at the hands of the British in 1759?