Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

White,ethnic immigrants of Irish and Italian descent have been the most privileged group in the United States.

All of the following sports team names are examples of stereotypes EXCEPT the:

Currently,about __________ million Native Americans live in the United States.

From a sociological perspective,__________ is a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial and ethnic groups.

Sociologist Joe Feagin referred to __________ as practices that have a harmful impact on subordinate group members even though the organizationally or community prescribed norms or regulations guiding these actions were initially established with no intent to harm.

Biological (amalgamation) assimilation in the United States initially followed an "Anglo conformity" model; members of subordinate ethnic groups were expected to conform to the culture of the dominant white Anglo-Saxon population.

Apply the conflict perspective on race and ethnic relations.

__________ discrimination consists of one-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm members of the subordinate group or their property.

Interactionists point out that when people from divergent groups are exposed to each other,favorable attitudes and behavior develop when certain factors are present.Which of the following is NOT one of these factors?

Discuss discrimination and distinguish between individual and institutional discrimination.

Cultural assimilation in this country initially followed a(n) __________ model.

Many groups share elements of the mainstream culture while remaining culturally distinct from both the dominant group and other social and ethnic groups.__________ is the coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society.

Examples of __________ racism in sports include those descriptions of African American athletes that suggest that they have "natural" abilities and are better suited for team positions requiring speed and agility.

Ethnic groups share all of the following main characteristics EXCEPT:

A football coach is happy to work with African American players,but feels that white fans will accept only a certain percentage of people of color on the team,thus affecting his hiring practices.According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination,this coach is a(n):

The ultimate form of discrimination occurs when people are considered to be unworthy to live because of their race or ethnicity.__________ is the deliberate,systematic killing of an entire people or nation.

According to psychologist Theodor Adorno,a permissive personality is more likely to develop in a family environment in which dominating parents who are anxious about status use physical discipline but show very little love in raising their children.

__________ are the only group of the Hispanic population that,as new arrivals,have U.S.citizenship and the right to move freely to and from the mainland.

Describe the critical race theory as an alternative perspective on racial and ethnic relations.

Since World War II,many __________ have been very successful; their median income is more than 30 percent above the national average.