Question 1

The area in which the greatest change has taken place in racial matters has been in:

Accepted Answer

A)  health and medicine 
B)  education 
C)  racial segregation/desegregation 
D)  interracial marriage 
E)  race and the economic gap 
A)  health and medicine 
B)  education 
C)  racial segregation/desegregation 
D)  interracial marriage 
E)  race and the economic gap

Question 2

Most Americans believe that civil rights for African Americans have substantially increased during their lifetimes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Tribal stigma transforms the ethnic "other" into deviants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Is racism itself a form of deviance?

Accepted Answer

A)  No; definitely not. 
B)  Yes, it is definitely a form of deviance in the society as a whole. 
C)  As to whether racism is a form of deviance depends on the relevant audience. 
D)  It cannot be known whether or to what extent racism is a form of deviance. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  No; definitely not. 
B)  Yes, it is definitely a form of deviance in the society as a whole. 
C)  As to whether racism is a form of deviance depends on the relevant audience. 
D)  It cannot be known whether or to what extent racism is a form of deviance. 
E)  none of the above

Question 5

Ethnicity has rarely been discussed by sociologists as a form of deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Tribal stigma are transmitted through ancestry of lineage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Are you convinced that we can think about tribal stigma as a form of deviance? Why or why not? What are some arguments in favor of this position and some that make it a weak analogy? Is there some reason why, for the most part, sociologists of deviance have not followed the reasoning on ethnicity this book has adopted? Do you accept the author's rationale? What did Erving Goffman have to say about this issue in his influential book, Stigma?

Accepted Answer

I am convinced that tribal stigma can be

Question 8

The relationship between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia is:

Accepted Answer

A)  positive: persons who are hostile to Jews also tend to be hostile to Muslims. 
B)  negative: persons who are hostile to Jews tend to be unprejudiced toward Muslims. 
C)  random: there is no relationship between being hostile toward Jews and being hostile toward Muslims. 
D)  unknown and unknowable. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  positive: persons who are hostile to Jews also tend to be hostile to Muslims. 
B)  negative: persons who are hostile to Jews tend to be unprejudiced toward Muslims. 
C)  random: there is no relationship between being hostile toward Jews and being hostile toward Muslims. 
D)  unknown and unknowable. 
E)  none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following ethnic, national, racial, or religious group has never been the recipient of tribal stigma in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Irish 
B)  Italians 
C)  African Americans 
D)  Jews 
E)  none of the above; all have been the recipient of tribal stigma. 
A)  the Irish 
B)  Italians 
C)  African Americans 
D)  Jews 
E)  none of the above; all have been the recipient of tribal stigma.

Question 10

Which of the following characteristics would not be discussed among Erving Goffman's examples of attributes that attract tribal stigma? Being:

Accepted Answer

A)  Jewish 
B)  an African American 
C)  obese 
D)  a Latino or Hispanic 
E)  none of the above; all would be an example of tribal stigma 
A)  Jewish 
B)  an African American 
C)  obese 
D)  a Latino or Hispanic 
E)  none of the above; all would be an example of tribal stigma

Question 11

In 2011, the dedication of the memorial to Martin Luther King at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., prompted pollsters to ask whether Dr. King's dream of racial equality had been realized. The percent of whites who said that it had been realized was:

Accepted Answer

A)  about 50 percent for both whites and blacks. 
B)  a clear majority for whites but a small minority (under 25%) for African Americans. 
C)  a clear majority for blacks but a small minority (under 25%) for whites. 
D)  a small minority (under 25%) for both whites and blacks. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  about 50 percent for both whites and blacks. 
B)  a clear majority for whites but a small minority (under 25%) for African Americans. 
C)  a clear majority for blacks but a small minority (under 25%) for whites. 
D)  a small minority (under 25%) for both whites and blacks. 
E)  none of the above

Question 12

Discuss some parallels and draw the major differences between anti-Semitism and racism against African Americans. Do the same between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Why do you think that some Gentiles hate Jews, some non-Muslims are prejudiced against Muslims, some whites are racist? Do you feel that hostility toward African Americans is the same or similar to black hostility toward whites? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitism and racism against African

Question 13

The relationship between education and anti-Semitism is:

Accepted Answer

A)  positive-the higher the education, the greater the anti-Semitism 
B)  negative-the higher the education, the lower the anti-Semitism 
C)  random-there is no relationship between anti-Semitism and education 
D)  unknown and unknowable 
E)  none of the above 
A)  positive-the higher the education, the greater the anti-Semitism 
B)  negative-the higher the education, the lower the anti-Semitism 
C)  random-there is no relationship between anti-Semitism and education 
D)  unknown and unknowable 
E)  none of the above

Question 14

The infant mortality in the United States is:

Accepted Answer

A)  higher for blacks than for whites. 
B)  higher for whites than blacks 
C)  the same for blacks and whites 
D)  unknown and unknowable 
E)  none of the above 
A)  higher for blacks than for whites. 
B)  higher for whites than blacks 
C)  the same for blacks and whites 
D)  unknown and unknowable 
E)  none of the above

Question 15

Historians and demographers have studied multicides (events and periods and regimes during which killed huge numbers of humans have been killed) and genocides (in which certain specific ethnic, national, and racial categories have been deliberately exterminated). The worst multicide in human history was:

Accepted Answer

A)  World War I 
B)  World War II 
C)  The Russian Revolution 
D)  the European conquest of the Americas 
E)  the Atlantic Slave Trade 
A)  World War I 
B)  World War II 
C)  The Russian Revolution 
D)  the European conquest of the Americas 
E)  the Atlantic Slave Trade

The area in which the greatest change has taken place in racial matters has been in:

Most Americans believe that civil rights for African Americans have substantially increased during their lifetimes.

Tribal stigma transforms the ethnic "other" into deviants.

Is racism itself a form of deviance?

Ethnicity has rarely been discussed by sociologists as a form of deviance.

Tribal stigma are transmitted through ancestry of lineage.

The relationship between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia is:

Which of the following ethnic, national, racial, or religious group has never been the recipient of tribal stigma in the U.S.?

Which of the following characteristics would not be discussed among Erving Goffman's examples of attributes that attract tribal stigma? Being:

In 2011, the dedication of the memorial to Martin Luther King at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., prompted pollsters to ask whether Dr. King's dream of racial equality had been realized. The percent of whites who said that it had been realized was:

The relationship between education and anti-Semitism is:

The infant mortality in the United States is:

Introducing Deviance

Explaining Deviant Behavior

Constructing Deviance

Poverty and Disrepute

Crime and Criminalization Criminal Behavior

White Collar Crime

Substance Abuse

Sexual Deviance

Unconventional Beliefs

Mental Disorder

Deviant Physical Characteristics

Filters

Exam 12: Tribal Stigma: Race, Religion, and Ethnicity

The area in which the greatest change has taken place in racial matters has been in:

Most Americans believe that civil rights for African Americans have substantially increased during their lifetimes.

Tribal stigma transforms the ethnic "other" into deviants.

Is racism itself a form of deviance?

Ethnicity has rarely been discussed by sociologists as a form of deviance.

Tribal stigma are transmitted through ancestry of lineage.

The relationship between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia is:

Which of the following ethnic, national, racial, or religious group has never been the recipient of tribal stigma in the U.S.?

Which of the following characteristics would not be discussed among Erving Goffman's examples of attributes that attract tribal stigma? Being:

In 2011, the dedication of the memorial to Martin Luther King at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., prompted pollsters to ask whether Dr. King's dream of racial equality had been realized. The percent of whites who said that it had been realized was:

The relationship between education and anti-Semitism is:

The infant mortality in the United States is:

Introducing Deviance

Explaining Deviant Behavior

Constructing Deviance

Poverty and Disrepute

Crime and Criminalization Criminal Behavior

White Collar Crime

Substance Abuse

Sexual Deviance

Unconventional Beliefs

Mental Disorder

Deviant Physical Characteristics

Filters