Exam 9: Race and Ethnicity

The __________ states that when people from divergent groups are exposed to each other, favorable attitudes and behavior develop when certain factors are present.

Used sociologically, __________ most commonly refers to a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of specific racial, ethnic, or other groups.

An important contribution of the caste perspective is_________________________.

__________ refers to actions or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group.

Define ethnic pluralism and contrast it with assimilation.

The terms Latino and Latina are used interchangeably with the label______________.

Equalitarian pluralism describes a situation in which ethnic groups coexist in equality with one another. This pattern is also referred to as __________.

The primary vehicle driving the increase of the Mexican American population in the United States is____________________.

Sociologists would term whites in the United States with Northern European ancestry (often referred to as Euro-Americans, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, or WASPs) the __________.

A bank consistently denies loans to people of color. This is an example of __________ discrimination.

In the United States, indigenous groups lost property, political rights, aspects of their culture, and often their lives. The effects of past __________ are reflected today in the number of Native Americans who live on government reservations.

The "Trail of Tears" was an intentional act of __________.

Which of these racial/ethnic groups has been the most privileged group in the United States?​

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

The term ethnicity refers to __________.

An umpire dislikes African Americans and, with deliberate intent, often makes official calls incorrectly when black players are at bat. According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, this umpire is a/an __________.

Latino/a or Hispanic are racial designations.

Distinguish between individual and institutional discrimination; give an example of each.

African Americans today have the same rate of unemployment as whites.

The systematic killing of thousands of Native Americans by the U.S. government and the extermination of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II are examples of __________.