Exam 8: Critical Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Stereotypes are generally considered to be relatively harmless.

What is another term for the frustration-aggression theory of prejudice?

According to the textbook, which perspective focuses on how meanings and definitions contribute to the subordinate position of certain racial and ethnic groups?

According to Statistics Canada (2001), what percentage of Canada's total population identified themselves as visible minorities?

Which of the following best describes aversive racists?

Genetic studies indicate that genetic variation is greater within racially classified populations than between racial groups.

Which of the following terms refers to the physical separation of two groups in residence, workplace, and social functions?

According to the textbook, which of the following terms refers to a state in which racial and ethnic groups maintain their distinctness, but respect each other and have equal access to social resources?

What are the European invasion of North America, the British occupation of India, and the Dutch presence in South Africa before the end of apartheid all examples of?

The American Anthropological Association has passed a resolution stating that differentiating species into biologically defined "race" has proven meaningless and unscientific.

Feminists and women from racially and ethnically marginalized groups share an easy alliance.

The degree of acculturation and assimilation that occurs between majority and minority groups depends in part on two factors. What are these two factors? Explain how they influence the degree of acculturation and assimilation that may occur between two groups.

Multicultural education refers to which of the following?

How are "aversive racism" and "modern racism" similar? How do they differ?

What type of hate crimes are most often committed by members of white supremacist organizations?

Pluralism is commonplace in Canada.

In Canada, which population group experienced population transfer during the Second World War?

The United States doesn't officially endorse the pluralistic philosophy.

Another term for a hate crime is a bias-motivated crime.

Which of the following is exemplified by the Canadian Multiculturalism Act?