Exam 9: Race and Ethnicity

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

Sports provided a means for assimilating and using educational opportunities for members of white ethnic groups in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The sociological term for a group of people distinguished by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural characteristics or national origin, is __________.

According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, __________ are not personally prejudiced and do not discriminate against others.

Which theoretical perspective is associated with the contact hypothesis?​

Define two of the four types of assimilation discussed in the text.

The fastest growing minority group in the United States today is __________.

A small group of white students, without the support of other students or faculty members, defaces a professor's office with racial epithets. Joe Feagin would label the behavior of these students __________ discrimination.

Children are not "naturally" prejudiced. Prejudice and discrimination are reinforced when relatives and friends reward children with smiles and laughs for telling derogatory jokes or making negative comments about outgroup members. This is the basic framework of the __________.

Two players on a professional sports team are best friends; it so happens that one player is white and the other is African American. According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, these players are __________.

What happens when individuals meet someone who does not conform to their preexisting stereotypes?​

Policies that prohibit overt, blatant forms of racial injustice may have little impact on the daily business-as-usual forms of racial discrimination.

Describe how the African American experience in the United States has been unique when compared with the experiences of other groups.

William J. Wilson has argued for the importance of class, in addition to race, in explaining social inequality. Specifically, his analysis has focused on_________________.

Slavery continued in the South until 1863, when the practice was abolished by __________.

__________ discrimination consists of the day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions that have a harmful impact on members of subordinate groups​

Internal colonialism, the split-labor-market theory, and gendered racism are theories that are rooted in the __________ perspective.

Prejudice may be either positive or negative toward a particular group.

Millions of Native Americans were killed due to the official policies of genocide established by the U.S. government.

In the United States, in __________, for the first time individuals were able to identify themselves on the Census as being of more than one race.