Exam 3: Race and Ethnicity

Robert Park's "race relations cycle" theory is most closely associated with which of the following schools of thought?

Most social scientists believe race is a social construction.

Which of the following increases a person's likelihood of being unemployed,having lower income and net worth,and spending time in prison?

Which is a form of racism in the criminal justice system that results not only from the way the court system is structured but also from the way policing works?

To combat internalized racism and media biases,consumers might do which of the following?

The U.S.Census considers Hispanic origin to be a race,not an ethnicity.

Black can be both a race and an ethnicity.

Which best describes the tendency of individuals to perform better or worse on tests depending on what they have been told about their group's abilities?

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Hispanic?

______ is a system of racialized segregation that existed in the United States from the Emancipation Proclamation of 1865 to the landmark civil rights legislation of the late 1960s.

Which best describes the physical and psychic separation between the dominant/majority group and subordinate/minority groups?

Between 2009 and 2011,the most common country of origin for persons obtaining naturalized U.S.citizenship was ______.

What portion of ex-felons are African American?

Discuss symbolic interactionist theory in terms of racial inequality.Be sure to include references to the contact hypothesis,stereotype threat,costs of privilege,and microaggressions in your response.

What does it mean to say race is a social construction? Give two examples of how the social construction of race has varied across cultures or time periods.If race is a social construction,does this mean race is meaningless? Why or why not?