Exam 11: Race and Ethnicity

The story about the class at New York's Bronx Community College explains that

While prejudice is a matter of _____, discrimination is a matter of _____.

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

What are WASPs? How do they differ from "white ethnics"?

The ancestors of which of the following first settled in the Western Hemisphere?

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

Which of the following statements about prejudice is True?

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton documented which of the following patterns in U.S.inner cities?

What Gunnar Myrdal called the "American dilemma" was

When did slavery of African Americans begin in the United States? When was it outlawed?

Prejudice and discrimination are found in not just individuals, but in the operation of society's institutions.

List and define four patterns of minority and majority interaction.Provide an example of each from U.S.history or events in other parts of the world.

Define race and ethnicity.How do they differ?

Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago.They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college.This family's story best illustrates which of the following concepts?

Significant immigration of Asian Americans to the United States was first sparked by

The concept "white ethnics" refers to

Of all categories of Asian Americans, Japanese Americans have the highest average income.

Who were the first people to settle the area that is now the United States? When did this settlement begin?

According to the text, what factors define a minority? Based on these factors, explain why we should consider African Americans to be a minority.What about Asian Americans?