Exam 9: Race and Ethnicity.

Compare and contrast the symbolic interaction, functional, and conflict perspectives.

Define prejudice, stereotypes, and racism.

A small group of white students may deface a professor's office with racial epithets without the support of other students or faculty members. According to sociologist Joe Feagin, these students' behavior illustrates __________ discrimination.

Discuss the changes in racial classifications and the meaning of race in the United States, and compare dominant and subordinate groups.

The caste perspective, which sees racial and ethnic equality as a permanent feature of U.S. society, is a type of functional theory.

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

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

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.

The theory of __________ states that actions of the government substantially define racial and ethnic relations in the United States. Government actions range from race-related legislation to imprisonment of members of groups believed to be a threat to society.

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.

According to the critical race theory, the best way to document racism and ongoing inequality in society is to listen to the lived experiences of people who have experienced such discrimination.

Categories of people referred to as a(n) __________ include Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, and Asian Americans.

__________ assimilation involves a change in racial or ethnic self-identification on the part of an individual.

Compare the racial and ethnic experiences of Asian Americans in the United States.

In the __________ hypothesis, symbolic interactionists point out that when people from divergent groups are exposed to each other, favorable attitudes and behavior develop when certain factors are present.

According to sociologist Joe Feagin, indirect institutionalized discrimination takes place when a prejudiced judge may give harsher sentences to all African American defendants but may not be supported by the judicial system in that action.

__________ refers to the policies or procedures that are intended to promote equal opportunity for categories of people deemed to have been previously excluded from equality in education, employment, and other fields on the basis of characteristics such as race or ethnicity.

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

Internal colonialism, the split-labor-market theory and gendered racism are all what kind of perspective?

Applying Symbolic Interactionist perspective on race and ethnic relations