Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Describe sociologist Robert Merton's typology of the relationship between prejudice and discrimination and provide examples of each.

The "Trail of Tears" was one of the most disastrous acts of forced assimilation that African Americans experienced in the United States.

Based on sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination,__________ may have no personal prejudice but still engage in discriminatory behavior because of peer group pressure or economic,political,or social interests.

A prejudiced judge gives harsher sentences to all African American defendants,even though he is not supported by the judicial system in his actions.According to sociologist Joe Feagin,this illustrates __________ discrimination.

Class perspectives emphasize the role of the capitalist class in racial exploitation.Sociologist Oliver Cox suggested that African Americans were enslaved because:

The cost of self-determination is the loss of life and property in ethnic warfare.In recent years,the Cold War has given way to dozens of smaller wars over ethnic dominance.

An example of de jure segregation is the Jim Crow laws,which legalized the separation of the races in public accommodations (such as hotels,restaurants,transportation,hospitals,jails,schools,churches,and cemeteries) in the southern United States after the Civil War.

__________ experienced one of the most vicious forms of discrimination ever sanctioned by U.S.laws.Nearly 120,000 victims were placed in internment camps,where they remained for more than two years despite the total lack of evidence that they posed a security threat to the United States.

Describe the ways that language can be used to perpetuate racial and ethnic stereotypes of Native Americans.

Outline sociologist Joe Feagin's four major types of discrimination and provide examples of each.

Members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups are often used as substitutes for the actual source of the frustration; they become __________ and are often blamed for societal problems (such as unemployment or an economic recession) over which they have no control.

Explain how the experiences of Native Americans have been different from those of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

In the contact hypothesis,symbolic interactionists point out that contact between people from divergent groups should lead to favorable attitudes and behavior when certain factors such as having equal status and pursuing the same goals are present.

The caste perspective views racial and ethnic inequality as a permanent feature of U.S.society.The caste system was strengthened by __________ laws,which prohibited sexual intercourse or marriage between persons of different races.

A small group of white students deface a professor's office with racist epithets; however,their actions are not supported by other students or members of the faculty.According to sociologist Joe Feagin,these students' behavior illustrates __________ discrimination.

The __________ states that people who are disappointed in their efforts to achieve a highly desired goal will respond with a pattern of assertiveness toward others.

Summarize the theories of prejudice and explain how prejudice is measured.

Sociologist Joe Feagin identified __________ as organizationally prescribed or community prescribed action that intentionally has a differential and negative impact on members of subordinate groups.These actions are routinely carried out by a number of dominant group members based on the norms of the immediate organization or community.

According to the text,the experiences of internally colonized groups are unique in three ways.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A(n) __________ is a person or group that is incapable of offering resistance to the hostility or aggression of others.