Exam 8: Race and Ethnic Relations

According to power-conflict theories, what is a consequence of racism in capitalist society?

Delun Qian has resided in Canada for the past four years, while attending university to earn his medical degree. Rather than return to China, he's applied with Citizenship and Immigration Canada for permanent residency status. What category would he most likely fall into?

"We support immigration, but we are also concerned about maintaining the Canadian image." What is this statement an example of?

What was the main goal of the federal government's early policy on Aboriginal people?

What was the basis of the dominance that the Anglophone elite exercised in Quebec, beginning in the eighteenth century?

Before 1962, Canadian immigration policy was based on the assumption that European immigrants were racially and culturally superior to all other potential immigrants.

Genetic differences between races are prescribed, statistically significant, and have behavioural consequences.

Provincial governments are allowed to fast-track immigration applicants to address labour shortages within their province.

Lukas and Joshua were discussing the merits of increasing and/or decreasing Canadian immigration rates. Lukas tended to favour the idea of increasing immigration levels as a result of reading what demographers were forecasting for Canada if immigration rates were to decline. What demographic prediction was Lukas referring to?

What are ethnic and racial labels about?

Aashi Pershad is a medical doctor in Goa, India, and would like to come to Canada; however, immigration authorities in Canada say her certification is not equivalent to a Canadian doctor's and she would have to do an additional three years of residency and take some courses before being allowed to practice. What term best describes Dr. Pershad's situation?

An immigration reform lobby group argues that high immigration levels make it more difficult to achieve Canada's fiscal objectives. When immigrants come to Canada, they cost the Canadian taxpayer (in health care and education, for example) while not contributing their "fair share" in taxes. Which of the following terms characterizes this argument?

While discussing their current semester's classes, Tristan asked Jill to explain what her sociology of race and ethnicity course was about. Which of the following answers would Jill give?

Which of the following terms identifies race by a typological categorization?

Immigrants from Country X gathered in front of city hall. They were celebrating their nationality of origin as well as demanding rights for their community. What was this event a sign of?

A little boy uses a racist term when describing a neighbour, and rather than telling him how inappropriate that label is, his parents laugh. From this experience, the boy learns that his parents think he is funny when he uses racist language and he repeats the practice. What explanation would be used to explain this construction of racism?

In the text, the internal colonial model analyzes power imbalances, inequality, and exploitation of which group?

Canadian immigrants fall within three main categories: refugee class, family class, and economic class. Imagine that you are the minister of Citizenship and Immigration. This year's overall immigration target is 300,000 and you are responsible for deciding the target number for each of the aforementioned classes. How many spaces would you allocate to each? Explain each of the three categories and discuss the rationale for your allocation.

What did John Porter conclude about "entrance status" groups in Canadian society?

Which thesis is based on the idea that people have an innate tendency to seek out others of similar ethnic and racial attachments?